SOUTH AMERICAN HORSES. 



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seen many serviceable Argentine horses in London at work 

 in trams and cabs. In this country, Argentine horses 

 acquired a bad name during the late Boer war, on account 

 of incompetent selection and gross mismanagement, on 

 the part of our army officials. Most of these remounts were 

 landed in South Africa with their feet in a rotten state 

 from standing in wet and dirt during the voyage, and 



P/iolo by] 



[II. H. H. 



Fig. 575. — Mrs. Hayes' Argentine Hunter, Polly (15.2), 



they were then promptly sent to the front and put on a 

 form of food which they had never before tasted. Every- 

 one who has had experience with newly-imported horses 

 that have been taken off grass, knows that they cannot 

 become fit for hard work, without at least three months' 

 careful preparation. Figs. 576 and 577 represent two 

 fairly typical Argentine remounts whose photographs I 

 took in South Africa in igoi. 



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