314 REMOUNT SYSTEMS OF FOREIGN ARMIES. 



luiniber of horses in Argentina for the South African war, 

 and for some years has had a permanent remount-purchase 

 commission there, which as early as 1898 purchased 1,500 

 horses for South African troops. By August, 1900, a total 

 of 24,000 horses had been delivered for England. The prices 

 are from $100 to $250 for cavalry horses, $100 to $200 for 

 artillery horses, and $70 to $80 for cobs. According to 

 recent reports, Italy contemplates sending to Argentina a 

 similar commission. General Valpini having been sent thither 

 in 1899 to study matters relating to horse breeding. 



BRAZIL. 



The principal horse-breeding localities are in southern 

 Brazil, the portion inhabited by Germans. There is j^rac- 

 tically no horse breeding in the north. The small native 

 horses are raised by a few landowners for private use, but 

 mules are generally preferred and are imported in consider- 

 able numbers. The regions where mules are bred are in the 

 states of Minas Geraes and the southern states. There is a 

 lack of good military horses. A movement is on foot looking 

 toward the establishment of government studs in Parana and 

 Rio Grande do Sul. There are 6 regiments of field artillery 

 (2,562 horses), 6 battalions fortress artillery (2,100 horses), 

 and 14 regiments of cavalry (0,020 horses), making a total for 

 the army of 10,682 horses. The supply of remounts is now 

 derived from the h^rds that run wild on the prairies. Gar- 

 risons in Brazil are so far apart that when cavalry is trans- 

 ferred from one to another the horses are not taken along, 

 but new remounts are secured from the plains nearest the 

 new station. 



CHILE. 



This country had, according to a census taken in 1877, 

 447,000 horses. According to statistics of 1885 the number 

 of horses foaled per year, exclusive of Santiago, is 54,000, and 

 it is estimated that, including Santiago, this number would 

 be 60,000. The breeds, like those in Argentina, are of degen- 

 erate Spanish stock. Few horses are bred for sale. 



When well-bred stock was introduced into Chile it was 

 rather with the object of breeding it pure than crossing with 

 the native breeds. With the exception of a few English 

 thoroughbreds, the Cleveland bay is the horse that has been 



