226 THE ARAB THE HORSE OF THE FUTURE 



portant studs. Since 1892 Arab blood has been 

 introduced. The Arab stud consists of 55 stallions 

 of pure blood and 1 1 half-bred stallions got by 

 Arabs out of native mares ; there are 10 pure Arab 

 mares and 188 half-bred mares. In the second 

 stud, at Sultan Sou, are 1 2 pure Arab stallions and 



7 pure Arab mares. In the Tehoukourova stud are 



8 pure Arab stallions and 2 1 pure Arab mares. The 

 Vezirie stud ' last year (1900) consisted of 10 stallions 

 and 57 mares, all pure Arabs,' and pure-bred stallions 

 — that is, pure-bred Arad stallions — are often lent 

 to village communities for the sole purpose of 

 improving the breed of horses. 



Sir Walter Gilbey states that in 1886 there were 

 in the Indian stud 146 Arabs. 



The Times (July 6, 1903), in a report of Mr. Blunt's 

 sale of Arabs on the Saturday before, states that, 

 'as Mr. Blunt very truly remarked on Saturday, he 

 has had a campaign to fight against the prejudices 

 which any innovation in the matter of horse-flesh 

 meets with from the coachman, the stud-groom, 

 the dealer, and all those whose interests lie in 

 the trafficking of big, corn-consuming, unsound 

 horses.' 



It will be observed, as I gladly note, that the 

 Times does not mention 'vets.' Then it pro- 

 ceeds to tell us that in all quarters of the globe 

 it is recognised that the Arabian is the best sire for 

 half-bred stock that Mr. Blunt had found that 

 of late years the best customers have been the 



