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Army Remounts. 



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The number of cavalry horses required annually in normal 

 times of peace is approximately r,ooo. 



Fig. 2 shows a young chestnut mare (5 years, 15*3 hands) 

 from the 21st Lancers, well-bred, with plenty of bone. This 

 animal is not looking its best in the photograph ; it wants 

 time to furnish, and will look better in another year. 



Royal Artillery. — The type required for the Artillery is the 

 weight-carrying hunter, and as every horse, whether in the 

 gun team or not, should be capable of taking its place there on 

 emergency, the same type is preserved right through. For 

 the Royal Horse Artillery, an animal with a little more quality 

 and pace is required than for the Field Artillery. 



Height at 4 years, 15 2 to 15 -3 hands, and over 4 years, 

 15 -2j to 16 hands. 



Fig. 3 shows a chestnut gelding from the Royal Horse Artillery 

 15-3! hands, 9 years old. This is a remarkably good-looking 

 horse, fast, with a lot of quality and great scope. 



Fig. 4 is a leader from the Royal Field Artillery, a bay gelding, 

 15 -oj hands, 13 years old. This horse can gallop, and looks 

 as if he ought to have spent his life as a hunter ; deep through 

 the heart, with short legs, and the best of shoulders. 



Fig. 5 shows a centre horse, Royal Field Artillery. This 

 is a short-legged useful horse with good limbs, having plenty 

 of strength. A bay gelding, 15-2 hands, 8 years old. 



Fig. 6 is a Royal Field Artillery wheeler, bay mare, 15 -2 J 

 hands, 10 years old. This animal shows a nice bit of quality, 

 with a good kind-looking head ; the sort that would get her 

 rider out of a difficulty if she possibly could. 



Royal Engineers and Army Service Corps. — Draught horses 

 of the type known as the " Parcel Vanner " are required for 

 these corps. They must be able to trot with a good load 

 behind them, but they do not require so much pace as is needed 

 in the Royal Artillery. 



Height, Engineers, 15 -2 to 15 -3 hands at 4 years, and 15 -2j 

 to 16 hands over 4 years ; for the Army Service Corps, 15 -2\ 

 to 15 -3 hands at 4 years, and 15 -2j to 15 -3 \ hands over 4 years. 

 The number of horses required annually in normal times of 

 peace for the Royal Artillery, Royal Engineers, and the Army 

 Service Corps is 1,360. 



Fig. 7 shows a draught horse of the Royal Engineers, a bay- 



