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It seems that it was necessary that the American 

 should revert to the Arab, for Captain Pitman, of 

 the nth Hussars (quoted by Mr. Galvayne in his 

 book), condemns the North American horse as a 

 remount, for the same reason that Mr. Galvayne 

 does. Captain Pitman also believes in the Arab. 



Mr. Speed states that Mr. Huntingdon was 

 recognised in England, France, and Russia, as a 

 very enlightened breeder, and among the elect of 

 those who attribute to Eastern blood the rightful 

 virtue. He started again, and his small collection 

 was added to from England by Nazli, a pure-bred 

 Muneghi-Hadruji Arabian mare, with which, and 

 other accessions, he pursued a course similar to 

 that previous to the dispersal of his first collection, 

 until now he has some forty head of horses, pure 

 and half-bred Arabs, and which Mr. Speed states 

 to be the most promising chance that the States 

 have had in some forty years to establish an 

 American type of high character. 



The Americans have never been taken to be 

 fools. Indeed, they are recognised as being the 

 most practical people on earth. Is not the policy 

 of Mr. Huntingdon worth considering ? Is the 

 opinion of Mr. Speed unworthy of notice ? Is a 

 jockey-boy of greater wisdom ? 



Mr. Speed's article was attacked in the Century, 

 January, 1904, by Mr. John L. Hersey, in which 

 is also a reply from Mr. Speed, who cites General 

 Benjamin F. Tracey and Colonel Spencer Borden 



