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several years that at that date a fair-shaped 

 moorland pony, previously to be bought for 

 a very small sum, fetched imbroken, almost 

 unhandled, at three or four years old, from 

 fifteen to twenty pounds. If, therefore, a 

 great Continental war exerted for several 

 years after its conclusion an influence even 

 upon the small-pony market of Great Britain, 

 what might not the effect be of a similar 

 war in Avhich this country was an actual 

 combatant ? 



There is perhaps a popular impression 

 that the British cavalry is the best horsed 

 in the world, but the impression, if it exists, 

 is a very erroneous one. Pew regiments 

 have a full complement of horses — that 

 is to say, each has a considerable proportion 

 of unmounted men, while the quality of 

 the horses they have is nothing to boast of. 

 The military manoeuvres recently conducted 

 on the spacious downs of Wilts and Dorset, 

 in Avliich a larger cavalry force was 



