§ CAPTAIN DONELAN () Cork, E.I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for War whether any agents are at present employed by the War Office to purchase horses in the south of Ireland: and what are the standard prices now paid for the various classes required.
§ MR. WYNDHAMNo local agents are employed by the War Office to pur chase horses. All purchases are made by officers of the Department. The standard prices for cavalry horses range from £45 to £50, and for mounted infantry cobs they are £30.
§ CAPTAIN DONELANIs the hon. Gentleman aware that the best horses in the world are bred in the south of Ireland—Galtee More, for instance?
§ [No answer was given.]