NEW ZEALAND HORSES

New Zealand Times, Volume LXXI, Issue 4305, 14 March 1901, Page 3

NEW ZEALAND HORSES

Interviewed at Adelaide by a representative of the “Register,” Colonel Wyndham was'asked:—“After seeing the mounts of the local forces, do you still hold the opinion that the New Zealanders have a better lot ?” His reply : was : “Yes. They show more sleekness, look as if more care had been taken of them, and I should say are better bred. Still your horses look hardy.’’ “Perhaps their being reared in rich pastoral country would account for the better looks of the New Zealanders P” "Quite likely, but the! better breeding has a lot to do with it.” “Do you think the horses raised in New Zealand and fed on their rich grasses would last longer in a campaign than those brought up in this colony on good, hard dry feed?’’ “Yes, I do. The blood of the thorougnbred always tells in a campaign. Should a march be an arduous one you will sete the horses of inferior class drop out one by ne, : but not so the animals with a little blood in them. They are! too gathe to say die, and they will take a rider whorevpr he wants to go, even if it costs him his own life in the end.” “Well, Colonel, what would the army authorities say to a horse raised on the good, solid, nourishing feed which may be obtained in this State, horses showing pldnty of muscle, and with a bit of good blood running through their veins?” “They would only be too willing to pay the breeder’s price for them.” “What shall we breed from?”

“A good stallion, well bred, and thick set, one of the big-little class, and mares of substance should be used.” • "A man who begins breeding this class of horse has' nothing to fear ?’’ “I should say not. The authorities in India are always only too anxious to obtain a good stamp of horses for remount purposes. It would take a tremendous number to cause a glut in the market.’