§ MR. C. W. GRAY (Essex, Maldon)asked the Secretary of State for War, Whether the statement in The Echo of the 15th instant is correct, that in a recently arrived consignment of Canadian horses at Woolwich there was a large proportion of weeds which raised the price of the horses adopted to about £45; and, if he is aware that English horses from English farmers could be obtained at a lower price.
§ THE SECRETARY OF STATE (Mr. E. STANHOPE) (Lincolnshire, Horncastle)The horses which have arrived from Canada are pronounced to be a very good lot. After considering, however, the price of these Canadian horses, I do not think it worth while to continue at present the experiment of importing horses from Canada. I am not without hope that we shall be able to establish a system by which we can obtain all the necessary horses from our home markets.