66 BREEDING ARMY HORSES. 



continue, how shall we he able to horse our 

 army in the future ? 



Our insular position relieves us to some 

 extent from the necessity of being able to 

 place our cavalry on a war footing at a 

 moment's notice, an ability which is rightly 

 deemed of the utmost importance by the 

 great Continental powers ; and it has always 

 been considered that in a nation so fond of 

 horses as our own, the cavalry supply might 

 well be left to the general enterprise of the 

 country. We gravely question if, now that 

 almost everybody is declining horse-breeding 

 on the grounds that it does not pay, this 

 theory is quite so safe as it was formerly 

 considered. As a matter of fact no one in 

 this country ever did breed for the army; 

 it would never have paid to do so. The 

 army has had to buy whatever had not 

 sufficient quality or style to attract the 

 dealer or private purchaser. If breeders 

 then are inclined, as seems to be the case. 



