THE REMOUNT.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 92, 25 May 1914, Page 2

THE REMOUNT.

: GETTING THE » | To military men ija the horse therf ire the inion to-day*of more moment than tha Shortage of suitable for rsj jourant work. Ty world ■ wide: Here in New Zealand' the recent big capros shown us .thatfor Tfctie- tipoiii *vhip& <£ jMerely sufficient for the day. English) experts declare .that».th&.,^i tuation is thq same there, and wish to buy lik&y 'ffbek | butpf rom the 3rate which new§p&pdi*s.,rspy they aES Ijuying at, it is rather difficult to Tieve that they have yet got wlia,t they* leant or; believe •/**& they e j#wsgatisfjg their demands. ■ ■■ * A man of w ; Ot£pe>ri i fei«c^ : i ! n breeding And training, who Avas one of the mOS Jj • lirilliant, and leouiitry in New Zealand, yestei'day talked over the\ma^^^^ V tentative. • ' To his * mind sltroTiHef -fliess 'largely! with the present*desiiverto tjree4.sprint| horses—lie Big ""TSTorthj Island stables as-'aiv Sample. Well ]>red wasters'^ h ! e]l S . ..itoiild v '''lirusli';..oyer JaL.sliqirfc 4i4- ta 4 e ® w ithj » light weight-up''but, could <noticarry ai tor do a::jo.uxiiey.in lave not enough racing at weight-foi-age^anjl;pioreJiun,t©i;/«f^a%:m^ing3W^uUl better for Vroedr—i| not -so godfl. 'J&ir Bides 'being fox: thes.fi faces wpuld give ; £t,chaijce ; tp the. riders; #ho had grown top-heavy, - ; ■ l-;It keemed clear-to hint fchafc»tih;ftrtrot* , ti.ng horse had hot spoilt the business, in fact a trotting Strain" "iri' blooddirt, not at all spoiKa Though "a liorse used to pacing or a natural pacer would be no good at all. i About the breeding jthe iremoTlut (14.2 to 15i)j • he-lOiad'-various practical suggestions. ,Foiv)a iirst;ClC.Oss, ,a gdod cob stamp hofse and • lieaVy'-mard Ttf&uld probably prpdu'6e >Va's want*dj for a «!arriage stamp, which wins, at shows, would fill the bill. Either first or

-second cross would bring a useful jani-. inal, which would do for the saddle, or carry out pack work satisfactorily on a station or in-a commissariat team. | Twenty, years ago ;9nd almost; -up to V the present he had seen.;them get, a very ■useful beast of "the, remo.unt - type by putting a po.ny stallibn of, f.3 hands 011 -to %!■ dr^uglit i iiiarb." • usually a'gootl nuggb'ty ddb"' bf_ ; about 14A hands —perhaps' hairy ab'o'uV ; i the legs, but still good for the work, fairly quick, able to .carry weightyv-iand useful about the hills. This type of horse he luid seen go well in double .harness in a louggy and had been ridden and been found satisfactory. ' Trying to keep to -this type, and succeeding, they had k|nd# ; fof ,! 3iey for a third. _ '«), ,'J/The questioii. of- .Gost in, 'until someone has enterprise to take : up ise breeding of remdfints^on a large or until stock, feed, etc., becoihe' «ifieaper, ,we- canpot. go? furth^J in Kjew Zealand. Take the last suggested , Strains. ' ~ .- , Vk . -w : The cost of i the dratigh't iiiare worn® bp about £4O, service ,fifj,;lffjep (though the fact'tiiat she -forked practically to the end would 3n.ve to be taken into consideration), the handling, breaking, etc., lp»re than the cost o| I^|>. —so the fiiprse at>£2o;dbeis fea#)le thing. I-- gi&zfedf fedMhe cost of keep would, come down to apput :# 10/-. II >i Suitable government stallions, Citable • privately-pwflpd.\iiiai;es, iielp, but this expert says that inpre anight be doiie by the-encouragement of hunting and the aiding of races for siicli , classes,as. either.^lt^o»^re^ijcely.4:6" fill the bill so far ds remounts are concerned. " . /