Good News for Horse Breeders.

Tuapeka Times, Volume XVIII, Issue 1218, 30 January 1886, Page 2 (Supplement)

Good News for Horse Breeders.

Colonel Busselt, contributes to the ourrent number of The Nineteenth Century an artiole on " War Horses." In the event of war with a first-rate Power, he Bays, we should certainly want to be able to keep two army corps in the field for at least a single campaign. Bui to do so " there is no reasonable doubt that we should have to purchase more than 25,000 horses within a few months of the outbreak of the war." Where and how can these horses be prooured ? It has been calculated by experts that at the very outside there are only 70,000 horses in tho British Isles fitted for military purposes. "In the event of invasion, when no doubt a law wonld be passed authorising the Government to seize and requisition horses, the greater number of these animals could be pressed into the service of the State. It may, however, be well questioned whether they could be got in time to be of any use in averting the sudden stroke by whioh alone an invasion would be attempted," It is also quite possible that, under given ciroamstanoes, we might not be be able to purchase horses on the Continent. Colonel Russell's chief hope appears to be in the colonies, and especially in Canada. " There is undonbted evidenoe to prove that the breed of Canadian horses is excellent, and in every way suited for military purposes. The supply also is good, economical, and capable of immense development ; it, therefore, should be utilised without delay. A new industry would be created in the colony and the mother-country would be muoh benefited." This subjeot is being pressed steadily to the front, and we hope we may able to record the fact that the Government have resolved to look upon it as one involving the interests of the nation. . Our own Goverment might also look into this matter. The Australian and New Zealand horses are superior to the Canadian, and the number available for export is considerable, bat our great distance from England is all in favour of Canada.

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