HC Deb 11 March 1902 vol 104 c1011
MR. MANSFIELD

I beg to ask the Secretary of State for War whether he can state what districts in England have been visited during February for the purchase of horses for Africa, and what quantities have been purchased, and why no horses were bought in the Spalding district when recently visited by the War Office buyers.

LORD STANLEY

Forty-seven places in England were visited by purchasing officers in February, and 1,906 horses were purchased. An officer visited Spalding, but found the horses shown there to be unsuitable for Army purposes in South Africa.

MR. MANSFIELD

Were they not better than the wretched animals sent from Hungary?

[No answer was returned.]