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losses incurred at various times by different governments, 
when obliged to remount cavalry in times of emergency* 
therefore I cannot do otherwise than recommend ample en- 
couragement of our own breeders of army horses, — and not 
by experiments with high caste Arabians, which has failed in 
India to produce Horse Artillery and Dragoon horses, 
mostly required in both countries, and to produce which the 
contrary practice must be followed, by breeding from stock 
not having so much blood as at present. In this opinion I 
am sure I shall be supported by all cavalry officers and 
veterinary surgeons who have practical experience on this 
subject. Captain Wyatt, assistant to Mr. Moorcroft, was 
sent to Persia and Arabia to purchase stallions for the stud, 
and he had every advantage of carrying this out. Mr. 
Moorcroft told me he did not like these horses. . We had 
one of them at Hissar, “ Mirza,” a very high-caste* Arabian, 
of compact form, such a horse as the writer wishes to pro- 
cure. This horse was put to English mares of good size and 
substance, and good action. When the produce was shown 
to cavalry officers they admired their beauty, but shook their 
heads at their spindle shanks, and preferred the produce of 
the coarse, English, thorough-bred horse “ Sampson, ” because 
they had most size and substance. In attending committees 
of cavalry officers who came to pass the colts of the stud into 
the service, I observed the same was the case with colts got 
by Arabs in the districts. They must know best which 
suited them. Besides, breeding from Arabs caused the un- 
dersized colts to be very numerous, and this, of necessity, 
obliged the stud officers to prefer English or half English 
stallions, the produce having more size and substance, as the 
accompanying papers will show. So, sir, you will see it is 
not my opinion only I am here putting forth. Similar 
statistical accounts could be procured by the Government 
from India by application. The Board of Superintendence 
could show the number of produce of Arabs or English 
horses admitted into the service, or sold as undersized or 
the casualties on board of some ships were very great, which must have 
added to it ; since the gold discovery, this source of supply has not been 
available, from the advance of prices of horses being very great. I saw 
colts selected at Hamburg Fair for the French cavalry ; a few days after- 
wards, I heard they were all thrown into the German Ocean when the 
steamer was in distress. 
* Presents of Arabian, Turkish, and Barbary horses, have at various 
times been made to his late Majesty George IV, and her Majesty, and 
these were of the highest caste, and presented for this reason only, in 
other respects, perhaps, useless. If any of these have been used as 
stallions, Mr. Goodwin could no doubt give the results. 
