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purchase of remounts for the artillery and part of the cavalry. 

 The Indian cavalry received a valuable addition in 1890 in 

 the shape of a camel corps which by 1893 had 500 camels. 

 The animals are bred in a government establishment. 



CANADA. 



In Canada hardly any beginning has been made in system- 

 atic horse breeding. Manitoba, however, has a stallion 

 register in which some 250 stallions have been entered, and a 

 studbook is also kept for the foals produced. The eastern 

 provinces have little or no importance as horse-breeding dis- 

 tricts, while the western territories in some localities produce 

 a considerable number of horses. The province of Alberta, 

 especially, may be regarded as the center of the horse-breed- 

 ing industry, the winters there being short and the pastures 

 suited for the purposes. The breeding of heavy horses is 

 scarcely sufficient for the needs of the mining districts. The 

 number of saddle horses produced is, on the contrary, quite 

 large, being estimated at 30,000 head. In 1892 a number of 

 breeders in the region of Alberta sent a petition to the gov- 

 ernor general of Canada, stating that a large percentage of the 

 thousands of light saddle horses raised at Alberta would be 

 very suitable for remounts for the English army; that much 

 English thoroughbred blood had been introduced of late, and 

 that, as a consequence, the breed had been materially 

 improved. The only thing stated to be lacking was a market. 

 Furthermore it was claimed that the Canadian Pacific Rail- 

 road facilitated transportation and warranted the establish- 

 ment of a remount depot at Calgary. Finally, it was asserted 

 that the price of the horses was very low. The plan, although 

 at first regarded favorably, was never carried out. A tour of 

 inspection of the horses was made by two remount officers, 

 who decided that the majority of the horses were unsuited 

 for military use. This opinion was coincided in by the 

 inspector general of remounts. A German horseman by the 

 name of Hofaker, on the other hand, gave, after a visit to a 

 ranch at Calgary, a much more favorable opinion of these 

 horses. 



In the provinces of Ontario and Manitoba there were in 

 1897, 613,670 and 100,274 horses, respectively. For the other 

 provinces statistics are lacking. 



