TROOP HORSES.

Timaru Herald, Volume CI, Issue 15449, 11 September 1914, Page 3

TROOP HORSES.

DRAFTING OUT WEEDS. 'IRE MOST SUITABLE AGIO. (Fnou Ock Special ConnrjroxDENi.) WELLING TON. S.-pt. 0. The quality of til'.' hor.-os in tlie various Xcw Zealand camps was Ul:e subject of seme critic.sin. adverse and otherwise in the House of Representatives on Wednesday lnght. Mr CV.atos (Kaipara). sad that many oi the horses sent to the Atickiaml c:.mp wore not <f the ty[>;> required. -Many of them, of course, wore gilt horses. lie also expressed the opinion that- Maor s should not bo sent away. Mr-A. M. Myers (Auckland) sad that he had seen the hordes at Auck.'aiid camp. ami ho eouM .safely say that they were a very lino lot. They reflected groat credit oil the officers responsible for their election. Mr Bttick (I'ahnorston North) made a x milar remark regarding the hor.-es inthe Awapuni camp. 'I he Min stor for Defence sa d that there had been a number of unsuitable •.lorsos in the Auckland camp, but these had been weeded out. and the ofiicer commanding the Epsom camp stated that- the horses now there were a very sc-pvici ab'e lot. Probably it would be necessary for the Government to do something to encourage the brooding of a good stamp of horses suitable for artillery and mounted rifles purposes. I he L'rime Minister said that this was t.ia worst season of the year for horses so far as app?arame was concerned, hut he believed that in a few weeks the horses now in camp would look much la tter than at prevent. Tie" had seen the horses at the Christchurch camp, and hj" believed that they were a very suitable lot. lie believed. however, that it would be necessary for the Government to do something more than ar present, to eneriirage a suitablo stamp , or horses. He spoke of what was being <lone in th's direction at Home, and suggested that something of the ssm« kind might be done here. They must prepare for the future, as the present trouble was not- like.'v to be the last of the 1; nil in which tne Empire would "he involved. In regard to the age of the horses, he said that it was a mistake to send away threryear olds. He would rather 'have a twelve-ytnr-old horse for hard work tli.in a three-year-old. (Hear, hear). Mr Witty (Riccarton'l endorsed ihe remarks of the Prime Min : ster in regard to the age of the horses.