WAR OFFICE HELPS AGAIN

Evening Post, Volume CXVII, Issue 83, 9 April 1934, Page 6

WAR OFFICE HELPS AGAIN

Lord Digby, president of the Hunters' Improvement and National Light Horse Breeding; Society, announced at a luncheon prior to tho Koyal Agricultural' Show in England at the end of February that the War Office had-sanctioned, a grant of £5000 tor light ■ horse breeding for 1934. Of this amount, £4500 had been allotted to thoroughbred premium stallions and £500 for the' native pony breeds, which had been in. danger of extinction. These included the Dales and Fell,; the Welsh Cobs, and the Pembroke Roadster. Lord Digby also referred to the grant of .£2OOO made- by the1 Racecourse Betting Control,Board e to the society for the award of premiums for thoroughbred stilllions for 1931 '

Although the War Office grant was ouly one-sixth of the sum allotted annually up to 1931, it was absolutely invaluable in enabling the society to carry on its vitally important work. With the probability that the grunt might be renewed annually for the next few years, it was hoped that j several good young stullions would bo purchased before the 1035 session commenced. Owing to the iincertniniy. none had been purchased during the last two years, . .