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On the contrary, Colonel Biddulph, in words 

 quoted on a previous page, states that ex- 

 perience had shown that English horses 

 could not withstand the conditions of cam- 

 paigning in the Soudan. 



Sir Richard Green Price, writing over the 

 familiar pen-name of " Borderer," in Baily s 

 Magazine, has urged the formation of a regi- 

 ment of Lilliputian horse, to consist of men 

 under five feet, or five feet six inches, weigh- 

 ing not over eleven stone, of good chest 

 measurement : these he would mount on 

 ponies not over 14.2 and equip with light 

 arms and accoutrements. As he points out, 

 increase in our cavalry is an admitted 

 necessity, and this branch of it in particular 

 appeals to the common sense of the people 

 as a quick and handy service : 



" After many years of practical experience of what 

 ponies can and do accomplish, especially well-bred 

 ones hardily reared, I do not hesitate to say that 

 they will beat moderate horses of double their size, 

 and that very few of our present cavalry horses could 

 live with them in a campaign they are more easily 

 taught, handled and mounted than bigger horses, 

 and with twice their constitution and thrice their 

 sense with riders to suit them, where are the draw- 

 backs to their employment ? " 



Sir Richard, in brief, urges the creation of 

 a regiment of scouts or mounted infantry 



