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horse for useful purposes ; that the Arab or horse of 

 the Arab type was only worthy of consideration for 

 this purpose ; and that those who decry the Arab 

 and laud the English racer, with his straight con- 

 formation of hip and shoulder bones, could only do 

 so honestly from a lack of practical knowledge of 

 the subject. I must defend those who laud the 

 English racer from this charge of dishonesty. They 

 honestly do believe what they say, and they are 

 right in saying it. What do they say ? In fact, 

 that the English racer is the best creature in the 

 world for a half-mile sprint. No one denies it. 

 But, of course, that makes him so much the worse, 

 and so much the more useless for general pur- 

 poses. 



An article in the Advertiser, April 4, 1902, dealing 

 with a conference of horse-breeders, refers to an 

 address to them by Major-General Hutton, in which 

 it was said ' there was a great demand in England 

 for small horses of the cob class. The best of them 

 were purchased as polo ponies, and commanded 

 almost fabulous prices.' 



The Advertiser^ April 2, 1902, quotes Mr. Cope- 

 land; who said that if he were going out for a week's 

 pig-sticking in the jungle, where there was not 

 likely to be too much fodder procurable, he would 

 far rather take a couple of Arabs than a couple 

 of Walers, because the former would live and look 

 well on stuff that the Walers would hardly lie down 

 on. Mr. Copeland also said that the Walers in 



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