There is a strong feeling in the country districts (says the N.Z. Times) that a stop should be put to the export of brood mares for remount purposes and it’ is felt that the time has arrived •when an instruction should be issued forbiding the purchase of mares by the officers whose duty it is to make pur chases. It is pointed out that it is quite useless for the Government to expend large sums of money in importing stallions into the the colony for breed ing cavalry horses if we allow the pick of the brood stock to be sent- away. This is a matter which ought to be at once brought under the notice of the. Premier, whose practical mind will no doubt quickly grasp the importance of the point raised.
