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seeing any animals worthy of note. They were, 

 however, agreeably surprised to find the opposite 

 the case, and they state that among the Marwari 

 and Kathiawari breeds the general conformation and 

 shape of the head are strongly suggestive of the 

 Arab. This shows that in their opinion the excel- 

 lence of a breed is in proportion to its approach to 

 the Arab, which further appears by their statement 

 that amongst the young stock of the Rajput stud 

 were several individuals of very high merit got by 

 the direct cross of Arab on Kathiawari mares. 



The report also states that the stallions Jim's 

 Coat (thoroughbred) and Hector (Arab) seem to 

 have done excellent work in breeding with the 

 native mares ; that there are also two very good 

 stallions by Arab sires out of Kathiawari mares ; 

 and so good were they that it raises the question 

 whether in this combination there may not be a 

 possible regeneration of the Kathiawari breed. 

 Observe, again, the Arab brought in to * regenerate.' 



The Commission state that they had been much 

 struck by the loyal endeavours of the native chiefs 

 to breed horses for army remounts by introducing 

 thoroughbred and Arab blood, and that the demand 

 for true Arabs, already great, will probably increase 

 in the future, one of the lessons of the South 

 African War being that small and hardy horses are 

 indispensable, and that there is no breed better 

 calculated than that of the Arab to produce 

 them. 



