HORSE BREEDING.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2657, 12 November 1909, Page 6

HORSE BREEDING.

A GRAA r E NATIONAL QUESTION

Air E D. O’Rorke, of Auckland, has been vigorously advocating of Rate a forward policy in regard to raising the standard of New Zealand lioises. He has taken advantage of every occasion when addressing gatherings of farmers to emphasise the necessity ot breeding only from sound and approved stock, and the need of some Government assistance in the matter, preferably m the direction of establishing premiums /tfior district stallions. Ho referred again rxto ..this matter at the smoke concert °of the Wairarapa A. and P. Society. bad arrived, declared Air. O’Rorke, for the Government to allocate from the revenue they received L'Mifli -thWAotalisator a sum of, say, £2OOO per annum for premiums for stallion?; -sh§re were ten provincial diftricts; inffilie Dominion, and he seS'four premiums of £oo s eaßh t:: gh^if !? td eflbh province, two for draughts and two for light horses. Ihe premiums could be..managed by a boaid fofS a n r /- ness. He would" like to see the sei•fifces dfJthe . confined, aM to small farmers, sclfeme a»ra^ r «t of hdf f Jefl y ') -tliy/icountry n.watq- toaibe improved, or even aVAtjE’ :^ confident that he could not now MU[; q "JJS of good- horses as he- did beroi-e the. South AfricanTwar. This was due >f€ good f ma , iWYlM exf- r dlMtnbt i4pla<fedao'iHe:«M.£ndt nhelieivfe work of advancing horse stock, quality was natter which the —Department of Agnjfeu 4fieu Id A dBwP %fj'c u 1 - tural sociefi&l r Jbjhit®s ?bs[Alnc‘ d, would assist the Department in such a valuable subject was all a 5iP. Tli'eY’Vdh 1 dttPfig&t-’ Wddfie4 9 or and-.]i/iiiwas th®t?du% 'Sff tfeh ~minionite*-orsing tile cavalry and mounted mfantry^troops of.the 01yn$.f4®t$&$#w of London, and the bitrer l'eslttffntr Wad taught tho British Aiiiiy in -blfe matters-of mounts see that His Ma3.fisty.tlle King was fakl ing was now ffir. pehfiKlftge/d-h<lfitra® iMbtUer.iGHiAtKy IB®dMi/D)gfißhi?oipq, pi -rife logtirlgjirete. 10 Toy : in Mf.. :\f> tfeq iffibt, Wfft (i hifl <>y ear! taio -esfe; i?o isn mo £.3 QiQQ Q -itnd bemviadviaiuced byt tfio AYftrfi Office . fIW '?,si&A'givwisa¥: tke ,ini f hor.'fcs.irii'ErffelalucLj.fd'ndiJniitlvisrjnaAtpr li.tifwfißqworklhg'iTiandrinihahdißvithl tlie oB 0 str d-'KafeAgr kill bu r,eni jltj: 1 i jcoiild thns xb@ leasi-1 yx«ebil thqtofilm HaKnefiftU.thqr!.!iitiiosx<i>cialjsed,irtih(K:eimpeiVTtiyeiiflieq<3Ssjty iilfi'heinig f\rily*pnepaned foB YtWigencids iniTtheHtnu-atter 'x>fl_aa,Y phipet supply of horses for the British Airmfr:. Jimf: I >.f:vr id on.s qyi:W iax>>o U -rjV. • >