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been more or less founded on the Spanish importa- 

 tions — that is, Andalusians — really Arabs or Barbs, 

 and therefore must have been allied to the thorough- 

 bred blood of England. Mr. Speed did not, appar- 

 ently, realize how much Arab blood there is in the 

 English thoroughbred. His description of the 

 Morgan type will nearly apply to that of the Arab, 

 and he mentions the Morgan type and the Gold- 

 dust and Clay types as reproducing types because 

 they were rich in that primitive Eastern blood with- 

 out which, he says, no great type has ever been 

 created or maintained. Thus, from this thoughtful 

 American is verified the assertion to the effect that 

 the Arab stamps his good qualities on his stock in 

 an unusual degree. 



Having shown by every page of his article that 

 this assertion was well founded, Mr. Speed states 

 that the gift by the Sultan of Turkey to General 

 Grant of two stallions — Leopard (Arab) and 

 Linden Tree (Barb) — would probably prove to be a 

 very important event in the history of the horse in 

 the United States. This somewhat differs from Mr. 

 Day's dodo fancy ! Mr, Speed proceeds to inform 

 us that among the breeders of horses in America 

 Mr. Randolph Huntingdon has been known for 

 more than forty years, who had always held that 

 blood influence was all-important in breeding, and 

 that kindred blood, when pure, could not be too 

 closely mingled. (Harkaway, with forty-four strains 

 of the Godolphin, for example.) Mr. Speed says 



