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comfort of our fast-diminishing war-horses. 

 If each man can do his share — that is, to 

 protect his own horse from bringing microbes 

 into our camping-ground — the whole Army- 

 must notice that the South Irish Horse have 

 conquered disease. And in doing this you 

 will do something for your country as well. 

 We all know that Irish-bred horses win far 

 more than their share of races on the turf, 

 both in England and all over the world. 

 Why ? has often been asked. My answer 

 is — and I have visited the great studs in 

 England as well as Ireland — because the 

 Irish-bred horse gets more fresh air and less 

 confinement in his dark box than is ever 

 given in the English fashionable studs. If 

 to their natural freedom, which our horses 

 get, you add — I almost fear to use the word 

 — surgically clean stables — stables containing 

 fresh, not used-up, air and rays of sunshine — 

 then the example of the South Irish Horse 

 will have done something substantial, not 

 only to add to the health and happiness of 

 the noblest animal on this globe, but you 



