I INTRODUCTION 9 
travel by tram and omnibus, with horses for their 
work? Why should all these hundreds of thousands 
of pounds go into the pockets of the foreign breeder 
and importer? Are not our pastures, is not our 
climate, are not our native breeds, more suitable? 
and have we not the best markets at our door? 
These last questions are answered for us by the 
foreigner, who breeds to sell here, and buys from us 
the foundation to improve and recuperate his native 
stock. Who is to find the remedy for this condition 
of things? Surely the British farmer. And itis no 
unkindness to tell him that he ought to be ashamed 
of himself for not attempting to secure a share of the 
piles of gold that are being held out at home and 
abroad to be exchanged for good, sound, serviceable 
horses, fitted for every trade. 
I can picture a reader saying, “ But we do export 
great numbers of horses.” Yes, we do; but look 
once again at the returns of the Board of Agricul- 
ture, and it will be seen how few we sell abroad in 
comparison to those we buy abroad, and how great 
is the difference in their average values. 
No. of horses 
exported, 
1841. : 5 . : » 4,538 
1851 ‘ : : ; ‘ 1,526 
1861. z 7 : : - 2,960 
1871. : : 3 7 e JE72 
1881. i ‘ : : . 6,108 
1891 : ‘ : 11,238 
1892... é 3 § 2 . 115,232 
The value of the horses imported in 1892 was 
£425,336, or 420:4:10 per head; and of those 
exported, £563,097:12s, or £50:2:8 per head. 
