LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



QUEEN VICTORIA S FAVOURITE ARAB AND DOGS 



Frontispiece 



THE AVERAGE HEIGHTS OF THOROUGHBREDS IN 170O, 



1800, AND 1900 ------ xiii 



OWNER ON RAFVK ----- To face 32 



QUAMBI STUD FARM, MOUNT BARKER SPRINGS, 



SOUTH AUSTRALIA - - - - „ 64 



SULEIMAN AND ZUBEIR - - - - „ 96 



RAFYK BEGGING FOR SUGAR - - - ,, 1 28 

 MISS DE BEANGV (BY RAFYK OUT OF A HEAVY 



cart-mare) - - - - - ,, 160 

 sir james p. boucaut on faroun, by messaoud 



(sold to RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT) - - „ 1 92 



RAFYK (ARAB STALLION) - - - - „ 224 



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