Horses for Export.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume X, Issue 3263, 23 July 1889, Page 2

Horses for Export.

(To the Editor.) E)iit,T-ln todays issiip of the Daim there appears two aitioles about horses, one of them ! touches on the condition and general suitability of relieviug our market of the" overplus by exporting to Australia and India. A good plan certainly, I,;;: I 1 ™ is one thing to my mind objectionable, thatis the ei^C. 1 '!" jng of fillies, but of that more anon. The Butaanpe of t||S ptjier article is the taxing of entires used for. stud purposes, As therefore a great number in the colony, they arc very .unlikely to make a' nauio for themselves. While admitting' that a great Veid depends on' the sire, much more depends on the dara, and 'for'that reason am sorry to see mares leayii>° the colony, as only the best are taken, leaving bojtind only the agid, infirm, and weeds, undesirable ones to breed from, and that I take to be tho reason wo so often hear the expression, "Ah, the lmcjss arc not as gopcl as they used to be,"and I. fail tdae.e hpv/ they will lio as long as \n allow our- best mirey to leave the country.' By

putting tin export duty on them we should stay it to n certain extent, scrubbers would be ofc a discount, breeders would breed from tbe good ones,!nnd in n very short lime I feel assured that wo should have a better class of horses both for home use and for export, I trust some abler pen than miiio will take the question up. luni,&'o. Hodoe. Masterton, July 22nd, 1889.'