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WELSH PONY SOCIETY.

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WELSH PONY SOCIETY. A meeting of the Council of the Welsh Pony and Cob S >ciety was held on Firday week at the Royal Oak Hotel, Lampeter, Mr J. Marshall Dugdale (president) in the chair. The following members of the Counoil were also present-Sir Marteine Lloyd, Messrs 0. C. Rogers (chairman of the Rad- nor County Council), H. Meuric Lloyd, Glan'ran- nel; Evan Jones, Mahoravon; J. R. Bache, B. Davies, J. Jenkins, Llancrwys; D. Lloyd Lewia, Professor T. Parry, and Mr James Earner (Secre- tary).—The preceedings were private, but we are informed that it was decided to offer medus at local shows, as well as apeciat prizes, amounting to £30. At the close of the Council meeting, a public meeting was held under the presidency of Sir Marteine Lloyd, who, in his opening remarks, said tha.t it was an excellent idea to have a public meet. ing in the county wnich was so celebrated for its cobs and ponies. Mr Marshall Dugdale who was called upon to ad. drets the meeting, said he was glad to find that the Chairman was so interested in Welsh cobs and ponies. It was a source of pleasure for him to join in any endeavours to improve the breed of the Welsh pony. The society, he was pleased to saj, had nothing to do with politics, aud was only for the good of cobs and ponies—(hear, bear)-and everyone connected with the society had shown their personal interest in the work by t',eir self- sacrifice. Most of them that day had come from long distances, in such ba.d weather, to attend the meeting at Lampeter, which was one of the most important centres. Referring to tha Council, he said that tho members were decidedly unanimous in their efforts te improve and increase the well- known breed. If anything hlJd justified the forma- tion of the society; it: was the South African War, when nothing wasfound to do better Hervice than the cob and of the cobs, the Welsh cob (hear, hear), It had been asked why they had not joined the Polo and other societies, in order to make one united, but he believed in calling things by their proper names (laughter). He believed in Welsh cobs and Welsh ponies, and it would increase their market value by having a separate society. The stallions of the past were probably better than at present, and it was also true that the mares were not what they used to be. Farmers had undoubtedly been compelled to sell their best mares in bad times, but to do so was practical suicide, for the mare was a great help and value to the farmer in atl times. The Society wanted the farmers to keep their mares for breeding and to employ good sires and not weeds." They should not consider whether the fee was a couple of guineas, a guinea, or ten shillings, but to take the bsfct—one that would not bring foals worth nothing. Even the farmers of the smallest holdings could help the Society by doing this. The Society had now a stud book, which, despite the opposition of certain people in Wales, was a marvellous success. There were no fewer than 800 entries in the first Tolume-a most satisfactory reault-and this had been done in a short time. The value of it, from a business point of view, was that anybody who wanted to buy Welsh e-.1." and ponies, whether in England, Sooth A i or South America, would know where to tiad them, for the book oontained the names of the farmers who bred the stock. They had one large supporter in South Africa, who was in charge of one Of the Government breeding farms. He was already receiving Welsh ponies and cobs for cross- breeding with the South African breeds. This was a tremendous chance for Welsh farmers, and should act as an incentive to them in the future. The sbire, hunters, and carriage horses were expensive to rear, but the Welsh ponies, rf 11-2 or 12.2 hand, could be in the hands of anybody; for they c )uld be kept on next to nothiag. The Welsh pony was a little thoroughbred, he was a little lion, but he would live where most animals would starve. That was the kind they wanted to breed. In conclusion, the speaker said that the cobs were mostly wanted for remount, and moun- tain artillery, and Welsh farmers would benefit themselves and Wales by encouraging the Society Mr C. C. Rogers said he had heard that there was a large number of excellent ponies in Cardi- ganshire, but he was sorry he had not had an opportunity of i g them for himself. Those who were mostly connected with this Society, were more or less connected with agriculture, and they looked upon the Society not only as an inter- esting pursuit, but a'so as a commercial pursuit. The Welsh mountain breed had been extremely eurcessful, but they would have a certain amount of difficulty in continuing that brtod. He hoped that the farmers would offer their bol t so as to enhance the value of the ponies in future. They had great difficulty in getting many to join, but he felt that they were not advertising the Society in vain. Mr J. R. Bache (Knighton) said that his interest in horses was so much that the question of breed- ing the best shirea was always foremost in his mind. He feared that this had been greatly neglected in the past and be appealed particularly to Welshmen to encourage the Society. Mr Lloyd Lewis, Aberystwyth, said the farmers would be serving a coming generation by entering in the Stud Book. The time would come when the horses that were not entered would be of no value, but it was gratifying to find that there were so maay entries already. It would be discouraging, however, if the entries in the second book, which was forthcoming, would be diminished. Mr James Hamer said that there was a great deal to be done in the future by co-operation among the farmers, and one' of the beat ways ef co- operating together was to join the Welsh Pony Society. During the last six months the Council had received a circular from the Board of Agricul- ture asking for forty copies of the Stud Book to send to various parts of the world, so that it could be seen the Society was geing to be a success. At the elope of the meeting the usual votes of tkanks was passed. Several new members were enrolled.

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