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Cape authorities to cable home the suggestion 

 that all remounts should be sent out to South 

 Africa without shoes, because there had been 

 a few cases of horses getting hurt by kicks 

 during disembarkation. This gentleman and 

 his trustful superiors appeared to be totally 

 unaware of the fact that unshod horses In 

 stalls on board ship would knock their fore 

 feet about a good deal during a voyage to 

 South Africa, and that it would be impossible, 

 under the present conditions of this war, to 

 have large numbers properly shod on landing. 

 On a steamer In which I went to South 

 Africa with remounts, my commanding officer 

 was a Militia subaltern who, by his own 

 showing, had had no practical experience with 

 horses. He was, however, very keen to take 

 veterinary charge, and decided to do so, on the 



