Linton writes that he has heard from Sir Clement that Ewart is to send them two stallions. He hopes that the horses will pay proper attention to the zebras and asks whether they will be well enough trained to be shipped out (to South-East Africa) in September.

Hill passes on a report from Stordy that no zebra mares had yet been bred with stallions in England. He mentions that he is awaiting Stordy's report on the zebra farm, and hopes to meet Ewart at the next Polo Pony dinner.

Hill writes to confirm that the Foreign Office have got the mare zebra from the zoo. He says he will send a report to Ewart if it is not printed by the Society of Arts and enquires whether Ewart has heard anything more about the dwarf ponies.

Mitchell informs Ewart that the Council of the Zoological Society of London have granted Sir Clement Hill's request of a loan of a a zebra mare for a hybridisation experiment in the Orange River Colony. He informs Ewart that the mare is now at his disposal.