ARMY RE-MOUNTS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 299, 27 January 1910, Page 4

ARMY RE-MOUNTS.

A cable from England recently announced tli-.it a recent census hud slynvn an iilarminnr deficiency in tile supply of cavalry re-mounts for the Hour' Army. Many causes aro :io doubt eoutributin" to this regrettable condition of ad'aivs. I nit it u-i it Imost certain that the vojjiie or' the motor c-;ir ha-, scrioinlv aflVi*te:i the breeding of certain clause,- of horses in the Old Country. Whatever the reasons, however, tile fact remains, and it. certainlv cannot V one tiwt the AVar Office coniemplnies with equanimity. It seems to us that the opportunity is one' that should npxt'.l to N"w Zealand and Australian farmers despite the u'l'ea I distance the animals would liive to lie transport ed. It i- well ktiawi that ,il present Australian lir: oilers liave a lucrative market for all the suitable horses they call offer tile liidini Army. The spirit and stamina of the average Australian-bred charger is no! excelh d the world over, and there is 10 reason -why in New Zealand equally MiitablTi animals could not he l»r:-d. and sohl profitably at price- that would noi compare unfavora'dy with the cost of the English bred eivalrv horse. At any rate, t'ne matter is one that should ho worth serious consideration by th" Horse-breeders, who need feel scarcely nnv apprehension foiicernini: the reality t»f a ready market.