2
Province.
Dcccan
...
Gujarát
...
Average
...
Year.
1898-99 ...
1899-1900 ...
1898-99 ...
1899-1900 ...
1898.99 ...
1899-1900 ...
Average
number
of mares
covered
per
stallion
during the
preceding
year.
23.33
36.06
29.41
33.23
24.67
35.42
Results of coverings per
stallion.
Produce.
8.99
11.55
7.30
9.72
8.62
11.14
Not held.
11.08
19.11
20.08
22.01
13.06
19.76
Unknown.
3.26
5.40
2.03
1.50
2.99
4.52
Percentage results.
Produce.
38.53
32.04
24.83
29.26
34.93
31.45
Not held.
47.49
52.98
68.28
66.24
52.94
55.80
Unknown.
13.98
14.98
6.89
4.50
12.13
12.75
It will be seen that the percentage of produce, as far as Gujará is concerned,
shows an increase, which was not, however, sufficient to counterbalance the de-
crease in the Deccan, the consequence being that the average percentage of
produce for the two provinces together shows a fall. The number of results
unknown is still large, and it is hoped that the forms for the registration of
mares and their produce, which have recently been introduced, will bring out
better results in future.
Relative merits of stallions
as foal-getters.
7. As regards the relative merits of the different classes of stallions as
foal-getters, the subjoined statement comparing the
average percentages of known produce to mares
covered for each of the classes shows that the Arab
classes of stallions maintain their precedence oyer the thorough-bred English.
The results attained by the Australian may be left out of consideration for the
present, as they relate only to one mare covered by the single stallion lately
imported. Similarly no notice need be taken of the country-bred stallions,
horse and pony, as the results recorded pertain only to one stallion in each
class. Besides it is doubtful whether the so-called country-bred sires are of pure
indigenous breed; and Veterinary Major Morgan, in paragraphs 93 and 94 of his
report, does not recommend breeding from sires of even the pure Káthi breed,
which he says are too undersized to produce remounts of the standard required
by the Army Remount Department. The Norfolk Trotter classes of stallions
have, as stated last year, been pronounced unsuitable for the mares obtainable
in this Presidency, and one of the three stallions has been sold.
Year.
1893-94 ...
1894-95 ...
1895-96 ...
1896-97 ...
1897-98 ...
1898-99 ...
1899-1900 ...
Average
PERCENTAGE OF KNOWN PRODUCE TO MARES COVERED PER STALLION
Thorough-
bred English.
27.0
25.5
26.9
31.7
37.2
33.3
26.9
29.8
Norfolk
Trotter.
20.1
18.8
33.7
33.1
40.3
24.7
26.3
26.9
Arab
Horse.
22.6
27.1
31.6
28.9
36.7
37.0
35.4
30.8
Arab
Pony.
31.2
32.3
37.9
32.8
37. 0
37.3
31.6
34.0
Country-bred
Horse.
...
...
63.7
45.5
40.7
42.1
...
46.6
Country-
bred Pony.
...
...
15.4
37.2
29.6
25.7
36.8
32.0
Australian
...
...
...
...
...
...
100.0
100.0
Stallions which produce the
most useful stocks for re-
mounts.
8. Of the 34 remounts inspected at the Ahmednagar Remount Rearing
Depôt, 28 were allotted to the British Cavalry and 2
to the Native Cavalry. The 4 animals rejected were
sold by public auction at an average price of Rs. 307
each. The following statement comparing the per-
centages of allotments shows that, as regards supplying British Cavalry remounts,
the Australian holds the first rank, the Norfolk Trotter the second, the thorough-
bred English the third and the Arab the fourth :—