These horses have become figureheads, Canadian "ambassadors" of a sort. The RCMP and the government of Canada have paid tribute to the horse for this contribution At present, the force's breeding program, first begun in 1946, flourishes at Pakenham, Ontario, breeding the "black beauties" of the internationally renowned RCMP Musical Ride.
Moreover, for the following forty years, before mechanization brought about the decline of the horse for police work, it was the constable and his mount or which strengthened the then tenuous hold of civilization over the farflung western and northern settlements of Canada. And yet, with comparative dispatch, the impossible plan was carried out but it could not have been, were it not for the contribution of the horse. It was an impossible plan, a monumental task. These three hundred men and horses, according to Macdonald's audacious plan, were to bring law and order to the 300,000 square miles of the North-West Territories. To bring this about, the government authorized the immediate establishment of "a Police Force in the North-West Territories, to number not more than three hundred", and to be mounted "on the hardy horse of the country". Macdonald: The reign of lawlessness dominating the North-West Territories, recently purchased from the Hudson's Bay Company, must end. "In May 1873 the mandate came down from the government of Canada's first prime minister, Sir John A. President Ronald Reagan enjoying a pleasure hack through Windsor Park on Burmese and Centenial, the RCMP-bred and -trained horses the Force gave to the Queen." caption of photo on rear of the jacket. "Shown above are HRH Queen Elizabeth II and U.S. Large 8vo, brown cloth, gilt lettering to spine. Illustrated throughout, including b&w and colour photos. Toronto : Doubleday Canada Limited, 1984. The Horses of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police: A Pictorial History.
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