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easy ; he seemed an aristocrat ; his thin and fine 

 mane and tail were like silk. 



He says that he had that Arab ten years ; he 

 never was sick, and he never had to strike or spur 

 him ; a pressure of the knee and a shake of 

 the rein would make him do his utmost. And he 

 was a fast horse. ' Small as he was, he carried my 

 1 2 stone comfortably, and as a ladies' horse he was 

 perfect, having a beautiful mouth, while he followed 

 like a dog, and nothing startled him or made him shy.' 



He speaks, too, of the Arabs which come from 

 Bagdad as all that the heart can desire, except 

 as to size, being seldom more than 14.2. Which 

 is the better — 14.2 that can carry one, or 16.2 that 

 cannot ? 



The AiLStralasian, April 2, 1904, in showing that 

 the success of mule-breeding largely depends on the 

 sire, says that the best mules in America are by 

 Jacks descended from Catalonian sires imported 

 from Spain — introduced to Spain centuries ago by 

 the Moors, and always carefully bred. Who can 

 doubt that this excellence is owing to the Arab stock 

 owned by the Moors, which made the Andalusian 

 jennet celebrated ? Who can doubt after this the 

 prepotency of the Arab sire, and his ability to benefit 

 any breed he mates with, when even his hybrids 

 became famous ? Mr. Sydney Galvayne also testifies 

 to this excellence of the American mule. 



Captain R. V. Davidson, formerly of the Indian 

 Staff Corps, writing of boar-hunting in India 



