CAVALRY MOUNTS.
SUBSIDIES TO BREEDERS. A BEGGARLY £5000. LONDON, February 5. Lord Middleton presided at an important conference of representatives of breeding societies and homeowners. A resolution was carried in favour of earmarking horses suitable for army and national defence purposes, and advocating State subsidies for the breeding of army horses. An influential committee, consisting of members of the House of Lords, the House of Commons, and others, was elected to press the matter on the attention of the Government. The Earl of Errol said France spent £30,000 annually in encouraging horsebreeding, while Great Britain spent a beggarly £5000;
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Auckland Star, Volume XLI, Issue 32, 7 February 1910, Page 5
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