APPENDIX I 355 



After the visit of Colonel Ravenhill in 1887, the western ranchers, 

 in expectation of a market, went to much trouble and expense in 

 securing and importing suitable foundation stock, and as a result 

 were successful in producing many first-class cavalry-horses. As, 

 however, beyond a limited number taken by the Northwest 

 Mounted Police and a few by foreign buyers, there was no sale 

 for them as such, the breeders have largely turned their attention 

 to other and, under the circumstances, more profitable lines of 

 stock. 



The natural conditions in Canada are, it need hardly be said, 

 most favorable for the production of the animals wanted, while 

 in the event of serious international disturbance Canadian horses 

 would always be available for Imperial use, while it might be 

 impossible to procure them in foreign countries. Again, through 

 the medium of our great trans-continental railway they could be 

 shipped from either Atlantic or Pacific ports to any part of the 

 world where they might be required. 



In view of the strong probability that the demand hitherto 

 lacking will in the future be such as to warrant the breeding in 

 fair numbers of the horses needed for military use, a brief 

 description of those now being sought for and purchased by the 

 agents of the British war office, and a few hints as to how they 

 may be produced, will not be out of place. 



They are of three fairly distinct types as required for artillery, 

 cavalry and mounted infantry. 



At the Canadian horse -show held in Toronto in April ; 1900, 

 the Dominion Government gave special prizes for each of these 

 classes, and as Lt.-Col. Dent, the Imperial remount officer 

 detailed to purchase in Canada, was one of the judges, thus 

 making the selections authoritative, a description of each first 

 prize animal, together with its measurements, will be appended 

 to the general list of requirements in all three divisions. 



THE ARTILLERY -HORSE 



The artillery-horse asked for by the army buyers is really a 

 smart, active van- or express-horse on short legs, with plenty of 

 bone and substance and enough quality to ensure staying power 



