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were they in such need of horses ; and never was the world so 

 incapable of supplying them. With all the demand for heavy 

 draught horses, hunters, hackneys, and polo ponies, it is ques- 

 tionable, whether all these different breeds combined, are so 

 sorely needed as army horses ; and with the facilities of climate, 

 range, grass, water, feed, and territory, the United States of 

 America could supply the Armies of Europe and Japan, as 

 well as their own, with horses suitable for military purposes, 

 if they would go about it in the right way, and breed the proper 

 kind/ Apart from this, after starting upon the right founda- 

 tion in regard to parent stock, they could produce these ani- 

 mals as cheaply as they can breed range ponies, and they w^ould 

 be able to sell these horses when four years old, at a hand- 

 some profit; and when a great war actually broke out, the 

 breeders who had them, would make fortunes so rapidly, that 

 they would think watches, clocks, and time, had gone wrong. 



Not only would they be able to supply remounts to the 

 various armies so amply and so satisfactorily as would cause 

 this country to be regarded as the great source of army horse 

 supply, but by breeding them in the way it would be necessary 

 to breed them, there would be among the enormous numbers 

 bred, a tremendous lot of animals suitable for other purposes, 

 and particularly hunters and saddle horses, that w^ould bring 

 long individual prices in the American, European, and other 

 markets. So much in a few words for the Army horse. To 

 quote a theatrical expression, "There's millions in it." 



