us to lose sight of the great importance of 

 other qualities. 



Breeders and horsemen are well aware, 

 though the general public may not know or 

 may not realise the fact, that increased 

 height in the horse does not necessarily 

 involve increased strength in all directions, 

 as greater weight-carrying power and more 

 endurance. Granting that the saying, " a 

 good big horse is better than a good little 

 one," is in the main correct, we have to 

 consider that the merits which go to make 

 a useful horse for campaigning are infinitely 

 more common in small horses than in big 

 ones. 



All the experience of campaigners, ex- 

 plorers and travellers goes to prove that 

 small compact animals between 13.2 and 

 14.2 hands high are those on which reliance 

 can be placed for hard and continuous work 

 on scanty and innutritious food. 



HORSES IN THE CRIMEAN WAR. 

 During the Crimean War I was located 

 for a short time at Abydos in Asia Minor, 

 on the shores of the Dardanelles, and had 

 daily opportunities of seeing the horses and 

 studying the manoeuvres of some 3,000 

 mounted Bashi Bazouks and Armenian 



