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Title: The Arab, the horse of the future
Year: 1905 (1900s)
Authors: Boucaut, James Penn, (Sir) 1831-
Subjects: Arabian horse
Publisher: London Gay and Bird
Contributing Library: Gerstein - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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day,nothing to eat but the grass, and no time to eat butthe frosty night. These prairie horses were descendedfrom Spanish importations—Andalusians, i.e., Arabsor Barbs. Count Rziewuski (Russian) says that Asiatic horsesare of one family, different from the European horses,except the English, which have much Arab blood, andthat Napoleon did his best to improve the horses inFrance, but they were/ar inferior X.q English horses.This was in the middle of last century. The Countcould not say that now. The Count also stated thatthe Poles had spared no expense in introducing Arabstallions, and gives many instances. Why were theEnglish horses of that day superior to the French?Plainly, because up to that time the English had usedthe Arab very much more than the French, as theStud-Book shows and as Count Rziewuski states.Why are they inferior now ? Because they havefallen off from the use of the Arab. M. Chateaubriand, in his Travels in Greece,testifies to the hardihood of the Arab horse, and
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1 r- ENCOMIUMS ON THE ARAB TAKEN AT RANDOM i6i enters at length into what hardships he can stand,and says that a horse of well-known noble blood will fetch any price, while you can get anordinary horse for 80 or 100 piastres. Major Denham, on losing a fine Arabian, describeshow keenly he felt the loss, and says that althoughhe was ashamed of it, yet he was some days beforehe could get over it; the animal had been hissupport and comfort through many a dreary day andnight. Almost all riders of Arabs have felt thesame sort of affection. As several authorities haveobserved, the Arab is always a gentleman. Captain Thomas Brown, 1830, says in his bookthat the Turkomans trace all their best horses toArabian sires. They believe that the race degeneratesunless refreshed, and they are therefore most anxiousto obtain fine Arabian horses. They live uponplunder, and march from 70 to 105 miles a day fortwelve to fifteen days together without a halt.They have been known to go 900 miles in elevensucc

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