MORE HORSE STEALING
BLACK-OUTS HELP RAIDERS.
LONDON, October 7.
Petrol rationing and the consequent demand for 'horses has brought a revival of the crime of horse stealing in Britain. Black-out nights are helping raiders on the farms and valuable riding horses have been stolen from riding clubs. On one occasion wood chips were thrown down on the gravel path to prevent the noise of the horses’ hooves being heard. Later the police found the horses straying two miles away without their bridles.
It is thought that an attempt had been made to lead them into a lorry but as the horses became fractious the thieves left them.
Since the war began horses which were_selling for under £lO have been hard to get for £2O. Throughout the country dealers went in search of horses. Some of them adopted shady methods. By wearing armlets they hoodwinked farmers into thinking they were recognised Army remount officers commandeering horses and obtained valuable mounts for bargain prices.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 7 November 1939, Page 12
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