JACKS AND JENNETS.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1439, 14 May 1912, Page 4

JACKS AND JENNETS.

DOES NEW ZEALAND WANT THEM? Thero aro not many mules in Now Zealand, but of tho number that do exist most of them belong to tho Wellington district. Tho Into' Mr, Iti<ldii'ord took somo little iutorosfc in Ihe donkey-horse cross, and bred soino on his station at Orongorongo. It is a team of these, wiry, surc-fouted animals that are at present being trained to carry the new mountain guns which have btcn imported by the Defence Department. Apropos of mules, tho secretary of ths Wellington Chamber of Commerce (Mr. Vickcry) lias received a letter from Mr. 0. Mowers, of 5?1 Manhattan l'lacc, Los Angnlcs, California, who is a wholesale breeder and purveyor of jacks and jennets. The letter, which -is addressed to "Wellington, New South Wales, Australia/" is as follows:— "I'havo been informed by residents m your stock and fanning sections that a few very best class of American breeding jacks might lie sold satisfactorily, and that mule-raising - could bo engaged in vei'v profitably in your country. I am arranging a trip this season to your eountrv, and if a few high-class jacks could he sold will ship a very few;, along of the kind that sire the 14001b. Missouri and ■Kentucky mules. The -best class American-bred mammoth jacks, range m price hfre, in tho United frtatcs, irom ffl'Olldols. to 4i!oodols., and in height, 15 to 15.2 hands, standard measure. As much early .information as is possiblo relative lo duty, etc., as well as breeding and sale possibilities, will be mope .than appreciated."