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to Bombay where I purchased 11 Arab horses, 17 ponies and galloways and 3
donkeys. From Bombay I went to Bangalore and proceeded to Hosur with the
Hon'ble General Sir Henry Brackenbury and Colonel Deane; at Hosur I in-
spected the pony mares and stallions of the Salem district and proceeded to
Tirrupur and Erode in the Coimbatore district for the same purpose. I then
proceeded to Madras where I had an interview with the Director of Land Re-
cords, at which questions referring to pony and mule breeding, work of Stock
Inspectors, &c., were discussed. I also inspected and bought 5 thoroughbred
Australian stallions which, with the sanction of the Government of India, had
been imported.
In December, I visited Hyderabad and conferred with the Resident
and Prime Minister on questions relating to horse breeding in that State; I also
visited the Stud Farm of Rajanpett; from there I proceeded to Mysore with a
view of advising the authorities on the subject of pony breeding operations. I
also inspected the country bred remounts bred at the Stud Farm of Kunegal.
From thence I proceeded to Bombay where I continued my purchases of Arab
horses, and purchased 18 donkeys. From Bombay I proceeded to Calcutta
to confer on various subjects with the Secretary to the Government of India,
Revenue and Agricultural Department, and to act as Judge in the country
bred classes of the Tollygunge Horse Show. I then proceeded north and visited
the State of Patiala.
In January, I proceeded to Babugarh with General Sir J. Watson
who had been deputed from England; here a large number of stallions had
been collected for Sir J. Watson's inspection.
I then accompanied Sir J. Watson to the Shikarpur Fair with
a view of showing him the mares and young stock of Sindh, and on proceeding
to Jellalabad Horse Show, where Sir John saw the mares and young stock of
that part of the Punjab, I halted at the Native States of Bahawalpore and
Faridkot in order to show him the endeavours that were being made to extend
horse breeding in Native States. From there I proceeded to Bombay to com-
plete the purchases of Arabs.
In February, I proceeded from Bombay via Kurrachee, to attend the
Sibi Horse Show where I again met Sir J. Watson, and showed him the mares
and young stock of Baluchistan; thence we proceeded together to attend the
Horse Show at Bulandshahr where Sir John was enabled to see the mares and
young stock of the North-Western Provinces. From Bulandshahr I made an
exhaustive inspection of the depôt Farm, deciding on the Farm operations
for the ensuing year; from thence I proceeded to Dera Ismail Khan where I
attended the Horse Show.
In March, I attended the Horse Shows held at Bahawalpore, Jhang,
Multan, Dera Ghazi Khan, Gujrat, Shahpur, Umballa and Lahore.
464. This would complete my tour for the official year, but as the tour
extended to 3rd May, it is thought more convenient to complete it in this
summary than to postpone it to next official year.
In April, I proceeded to Rawalpindi where I attended the Horse
Fair and had interviews with the Deputy Commissioner, the Commissioner, and
the Major General Commanding, with reference to the proposed new stallion
Depôt, also with the Executive Engineer, Military Works, on the question of
the water-supply. I also conferred with the Deputy Adjutant General, Bengal
Army on the question of the selection of Officers to form the Judging Com-
mittees at Horse Shows. I then proceeded to Meerut where I visited the
Demonstration Farm; thence to Cawnpore where I visited the Experimental
Farm; from there I proceeded to Muktesar where I made a careful inspection of
the Bacteriological Laboratory; thence I proceeded to Naini Tal and had an
interview with the Lieutenant-Governor on the question of the building of the
Laboratory. On my return, I inspected the Dak line from Naini Tal to
Kathgodam to ascertain the causes which have led to "Surra" being so pre-
valent on this line; from there, I proceeded to Depôt to allot the new horses to
the various provinces. I then inspected the Dak line from Saharanpore to