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Identifier: horsewarillustra00galt (find matches)
Title: The horse and the war. Illustrated from drawings by Lionel Edwards and from photographs. With a note by Sir Douglas Haig
Year: 1918 (1910s)
Authors: Galtrey, Sidney
Subjects: Great Britain. Army Horses
Publisher: London Country life
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
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^ of the United Kingdom, by comparison, represented but aninfinitesimal quantity of the whole. None was better than the riding-horse,because for the most part the pre-eminent British thoroughbred was conspicu-ous in the strain. But the draught horse is the real horse of the war, and in this 122
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An American Percheron sire. A noble example of the foundation stock of the Allies most successful war-horse. 124 THE HORSE AND THE WAR vital respect the resources of our country were hopelessly inadequate and, itmust be added, disappointing in regard to results. The heavy draught horsehas been chiefly of the Shire-bred type, the impressive cart-horse of fine size,weight and feathered legs fostered by the Shire Horse Society. One must beperfectly honest and say they have failed to stand the strain, exposure and hard-ship imposed by modern warfare. The fact is beyond all argument. It is theunanimous opinion of all who have been concerned with them, and it is the factabove all others which has primarily influenced that semi-official movementwhich we now see initiated on serious lines in favour of introducing thePercheron breed to this country. It is why these stallions and mares have justbeen landed here, and why in the years to come the event will be regarded asepoch-marking in the hist

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  • bookyear:1918
  • bookdecade:1910
  • bookcentury:1900
  • bookauthor:Galtrey__Sidney
  • booksubject:Great_Britain__Army
  • booksubject:Horses
  • bookpublisher:London_Country_life
  • bookcontributor:Robarts___University_of_Toronto
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