Development of this breed began in 1951 when the South African Department of Agriculture bought a nucleus group of Basuto-type ponies.
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He commanded the Transvaal Volunteer Force against Sekhukhune in 1878 1879 and the Cape Mounted Riflemen in the Basuto Gun War of 1881.
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Henry later joined the Cape Mounted Rifles as a captain, and served in the 1880 Basuto rising, but resigned in April 1881.
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While serving in Italy the regiment absorbed drafts of African Basuto soldiers, who were also given the right to wear the Essex badge.
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The Basuto Gun War ( 1880 ) followed, as the Basothos rebelled at what they saw as a racist and high-handed ruling.
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They became avid horsemen, and in time, developed the tough, durable breed, that was to be known as the Basuto pony.
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Twenty-six-year-old Surgeon John Frederick McCrea was a Surgeon in the 1st Cape Mounted Yeomanry during the Basuto Gun War.
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In 1880, the British colonial authorities attempted to extend the Peace Preservation Act of 1878 to Basutoland, attempting a general disarmament of the Basutos.
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They were closer to the Arabian than to the three South African breeds tested, the Nooitgedacht pony, the Boer pony and the Basuto pony.
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One finds this overlay of his personal style on African themes most illuminatingly expressed in works such as " Basuto Allegory " ( 1947 ).
