THE UTILITY HORSE

Evening Post, Issue 12, 14 July 1936, Page 13

THE UTILITY HORSE

The horse is regarded generally as an animal that belongs to a past generation, simply because he has, for the most part, been banished from the sight • ,f ,_clty- A tour of tnG country would be a revelation to the average observer, and he would, return convinced that the day of the horse is not yet over. ' There are thousands of all types of horses in useful occupations in New Zealand. Apart from heavy horses; which will always command a market, there is still a keen demand for the lighter types. Although this is a mechanical age, and petroldriven vehicles have, to a large extent, displaced the horse, there is still plenty of work which he can do more cheaply. The same circumstances rule in most parts of the world. In America there is a bigger demand today for horses 1932Ut y purposes thaii there was m

With regard to trotting horses it can be said that there are two thousand in. full or partial training in the Domini ion. According to an Australian writer there are three thousand trotters and gallopers in Sydney alone, and a Turf statistician affirms that it costs £7500 a week or the amazin-* sum of £390,000 a year to feed them! A. wholesale produce merchant in New South Wales states that for the twelve months, ended May, 1936, 14,574 tons of hay, 3336 tons of straw, 42,350 tons of chaff, and 7894 Jons of oats were supplied to training establishments.