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and if they turn out as well as they look they will be very 

 good. . . . There is no doubt at all they will turn out 

 well. Suleiman is a beautiful-tempered horse.' 



Again, on a later date : 



' Having only used him for about one year, I am 

 unable, of course, to say anything about his stock. . . . 

 I think he will mate well with the class of mares I have 

 put to him. He is a beautiful-tempered horse, and a 

 good doer, having had to cut his own grass ever since I 

 have had him.' 



Of many of the half-breeds sired by my stallion I have 

 had similarly satisfactory accounts. 



Mr. A. H. Morris, cattle-dealer and stock-agent. Western 

 Australia, writes, February 5, 1904, to Mr. J. Carwardine, 

 cattle-dealer and stock-agent, by whom he was asked to 

 inspect : 



' I went and had a look at the Arabs. Rafyk is a 

 powerful horse, and I like him very much. They have 

 another pure-bred Arab (imported), Faroun. He is a 

 shade finer in the bone than Rafyk, shows more quality 

 about the head ; in fact, alt over he is a beautifully-made 

 horse, and worth a day's journey to look at. If you get 

 a chance, go out and see him ; he is a beauty. The pure- 

 bred Arab mares are a nice lot, but Rose of Jericho is 

 quality all over. There are two nice yearling colts (pure 

 Arabs), but both are sold. Mr. Boucaut said three 

 geldings out of Stud-Book mares were at his brother's 

 place, so on my way back I went and saw them, and saw 

 one that I wish had been kept for a stallion. He would 

 have suited me ; he is out of a thoroughbred mare, but 

 has the stout body of the Arab, and has size. He was 

 running loose in the paddock, but I should take him to be 

 about 15.2. You may see him some day ; he is a powerful 

 horse ; he has inclined to the Arab in thickness of wither 

 and neck, but I like him very much. In seeing him I 

 have seen what the cross between the thoroughbred mare 

 and Arab will produce, and I feel satisfied that it is a 



