THE ARAB THE HORSE OF THE 

 FUTURE 



CHAPTER I 



INTRODUCTORY 



I WAS led to attempt the formation of a stud of pure 

 Arab horses in the State of South Australia princi- 

 pally by my love of the country, and a desire to be 

 able to get away, at the end of the week, from the 

 city and the books and chambers of the Supreme 

 Court. After I had gotten me a place in the 

 country, I was led into purchasing Arabs by finding 

 that I required something when there to divert me, 

 and as no one else had adopted that breed in our 

 State, nor, as I believe, in Australia, and I believed 

 that the pure Arabs would be eminently useful in 

 renovating Australian horse-flesh, I started a little 

 stud. 



I had read so many accounts of the sad deteriora- 

 tion of Australian horses, especially of the thorough- 

 bred, that I thought I should render a service to my 

 adopted country by doing something that might 



