82 THE ARAB THE HORSE OF THE FUTURE 



Then it is stated that in the following reign 

 (Charles I.) an important introduction of Eastern 

 blood took place, and many names are mentioned. 

 Soon after Charles II. came to the throne he sent 

 abroad Sir John Fenwick to procure a number of 

 high-bred stallions and mares. Whether Arabs, 

 Barbs, or Turks, they must have been of very high 

 caste, from the improvement which it is stated 

 followed their importation. Many names are given. 

 Even in the short and inglorious reign of James II. 

 one ' Eastern sire of importance was brought to 

 England — the Lyster Turk,' 



Similar importation continued in the reign of 

 William and Mary, William importing more Eastern 

 blood. In Anne's reign twenty-four Eastern sires 

 were introduced, and Mr. Osborne gives a list of 

 175 introduced from the time of James I. till the 

 beginning of the nineteenth century. 



Mr. Osborne alludes to the preponderance of the 

 blood of the Godolphin Arabian in Harkaway, and 

 in looking at his pedigree I find the Godolphin 

 mentioned forty-four times. And in Harkaway's 

 pedigree there are also the names of ten other Arabs 

 or Barbs, besides horses which, though not pure 

 Arabs, had much Arab blood — e.g:, Eclipse. Of 

 the ten Arabs mentioned in Harkaway's pedigree, 

 there are four of which he has two strains, one of 

 which he has four strains, and one of which he has 

 five strains. 



Mr. De Vere Hunt, in his book already cited, 



