HORSE-BREEDING 

 IN ENGLAND AND INDIA 



AND 



ARMY HORSES ABROAD 



Horse-Breeding in 1884 



More than twenty years since I drew attention* to the 

 neglect displayed in England in the breeding of Horses. 

 Stress was then laid upon our increasing dependence on 

 foreign countries for supplies of horses of the generally useful 

 stamp ; and upon the mistaken policy of selling to Continental 

 buyers the mares we might with profit to ourselves retain 

 for breeding purposes at home, if such mares are properly 

 mated. 



The Present State of Affairs 



Much has happened to alter the general condition of 

 affairs since • those words were spoken ; since the first edition 

 of this book appeared in the year 1901, the change in some 

 departments of road transport in Britain has been increasingly 

 rapid. We have seen the horse-drawn tramcar replaced in 

 many cities by the electrically driven car ; and the motor- 

 driven omnibus threatens now to displace the horse-drawn 

 vehicle. 



* A Paper read in 1884 at the Farmers' Club. With Discussion thereon 

 by the Duke of Westminster, Earl Carrington, Sir Nigel Kingscote, 

 Mr. Edmund Tattersall, and others. 



