SOUTH-AFRICAN HORSES. 



on her, as one of her strongest claims on their affection and 

 support. 



Australasian race-horses at long distances are probably as 

 good as any horses in the world. The performance of 

 Carbine (a New Zealand son of Musket) winning the 

 Melbourne Cup, two miles, with lo st. 5 lbs. up, can compare 

 favourably with anything done by Ormonde, Isonomy, or 

 St. Gatien. PI. 62 is a photograph of Bravo, who won the 

 Melbourne Cup in 1889, beating Carbine, from whom he was 

 receiving 21 lbs. In the Colonies there are many smart 

 racing ponies, like Glengary II., Little Wonder (New 

 Zealand), Mayflower and Jeannette ; but they are not, as I 

 have already remarked, as good as the best in England and 

 Ireland. 



South-African Horses. — The ordinary horses of the 

 Cape Colony, Transvaal, Orange Free State, and Natal, show 

 a fair amount of "blood," with a dash of the Arab, and have 

 very good legs and feet. They are, however, for the most 

 part "weedy." Although they are admirable " slaves " with 

 a light weight, or with but little to draw, they are quite 

 unsuited for military purposes. Those which are up to the 

 weight of a trooper, or fit to take their place in an artillery 

 team, would, at an average price of ^35 or £^^0, be too slow 

 for cavalry or horse artillery work. The weight-carrying 

 hunter type of horse is practically unknown in South Africa. 

 The success on the turf of locally bred horses, like Prosecutor, 

 proves that the country is capable of producing good race- 

 horses. The freedom in which stock are raised there, 

 undoubtedly accounts for the excellence of their limbs. The 

 -chief native breed, the Basuto pony, is a remarkablv hardy 



