112 THE ARAB THE HORSE OF THE FUTURE 



in at one view, and as inseparable one from the 

 other, both the physical and moral qualities ; and in 

 the General's opinion, as in Abd-el-Kader's opinion, 

 physical qualities alone will never constitute a per- 

 fect horse, who must also, by his intelligence and by 

 his affection for the master who feeds, tends, and 

 rides him, unite with him as an integral part. 



General Daumas has a chapter on the Barb, of 

 which he had often heard it said that it was very 

 inferior to the true Arabian, and he calls in to act as 

 umpire in the dispute Abd-el-Kader, whose intelli- 

 gence, whose habits, whose whole life, he says, 

 render him a supreme judge in all matters relating 

 to horse-flesh. This matter has very recently 

 been the subject of discussion in many countries — 

 amongst others, in Victoria, by ' Bruni,' who stoutly 

 maintains that the Arab is not really a Barb. 

 ' Bruni ' states that ' the descendants of the Darley 

 Arabian are the winners of nearly all the great races, 

 while the descendants of the Godolphin Barb are 

 gradually disappearing from the front rank of the 

 turf,' and that in all countries the Arab is preferred 

 both for the beauty of form and for superior physical 

 qualities. On this question the remarks of Abd-el- 

 Kader are worthy of consideration. 



According to Abd-el-Kader — says the French 

 General — the Barbary horse, so far from degenerating 

 from the Arab, is on the contrary superior to him. 

 But whether so or not, the General is content to 

 oppose to the European horse one identical horse. 



