PURCHASE OF CAVALRY HORSES. 77 
chased at these prices that is not at once fit to be put into 
the ranks, as regards condition and stamina. 
As few horses, of the class from which cavalry horses are 
purchased, arrive at the age of seven or eight years without 
being blemished, or showing some defect, veterinary surgeons 
are to be instructed not to reject horses for defects which will 
not interfere with a horse during his work, and to bear in 
mind that the object to be obtained is to procure a constitu- 
tionally sound horse, fit for the immediate service for which 
he is required. You will report to me the first of every 
month what progress you have made in the last month in 
procuring horses, specifying their ages, for the information 
of the General Commanding-in-Chief. 
Sir Jos. Thackwell, 
Lieut. * Gen., Inspecting-General of Cavalry.” 
[advertisement, Dec., 1854.] 
“MILITARY HORSES WANTED. — Capt. Goold 
Adams, who has been appointed by Government to purchase 
Horses for the Metropolitan direct, attends daily at Rea’s 
Central Repository for that purpose. Ages, 5 to 8 years, 
15-2 to 16 hands high, price £25 to £50. Horses should be 
sent in one day prior to inspection. 
St. George ? s-road, near Elephant and Castle, London, one 
mile from the Bridges.” 
Upon this subject, we have been favoured with the fol- 
lowing observations by Mr. Goodwin. The order relative 
to the purchase of cavalry horses has already been altered, 
it being evident that whoever had concocted it had made 
a great mistake, in putting down horses at five to six 
years old at £32, and seven and eight years old, without 
blemishes , at £40. The price is now £40 a head all sound, 
and such is the increased demand, both for this country and 
France; that it will be attended with some difficulty to find 
the proper sort of animals within the given time. As to the 
purchase of 5000 horses, and 500 mules, being completed by 
the spring, such is out of the question ; and if it were possible 
to find the horses, there would be no chance of obtaining 
men ready for service to make use of them. In a future 
number I shall have some observations to offer upon the 
method of buying horses for the cavalry, and all the et ceteras 
connected wdth it. 
[We add to these remarks the following extracts from 
the ‘ Sporting Review 7 . 5 The scheme of the writer with 
reference to the sending of horses which are especially cal- 
