HC Deb 13 April 1888 vol 324 c1181
MR. JEFFREYS (Hants, Basingstoke)

asked Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, Whether officers' horses running in military races or steeplechases will be liable to the proposed duty of £5?

THE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER (Mr. GOSCHEN) (St. George's, Hanover Square)

No, Sir; the Race Horse Duty will not be payable for a horse competing in a race expressly confined to horses kept by officers of Her Majesty's Regular Forces in conformity with the Regulations of the Service, who are stationed in any particular camp or garrison,