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years, horse-breeding has become a very unprofitable 

 industry, owing to low prices. During the South African 

 war, a demand for remounts sprung up, and many weedy 

 horses which were exported, gave our AustraUan animals 

 a bad name. Breeding from weedy horses, because they 

 have run fast with 7 st. up, and are cheap, is a mistake 

 that has done much harm in Austraha, as elsewhere. As 

 it is impossible to get even a moderate price in Austraha 



Phofo bii] [The Gresham Studio, Adelaide, S. Australia. 



Fig. 492. — Mr. B. Allen's The Idler, winner of the Adelaide Cup, 1902. 



for weedy mares, breeders have been unwise enough in 

 many cases to breed from them, with, of course, disas- 

 trous results. In breeding saddle-horses it is essential 

 that both parents should be good to ride on a long journey. 

 Many of our best mares have been exported, chiefly as 

 Indian remounts. 



" Owing to the want of uniformity in the mares, buyers 

 for export in the Colonies have great difficulty in getting 



