Mr, Richards' further comments in another part of the catalogue are as 

 follows : 



"Layard relates the following of an Arab horse he saw in Mesopotamia, which 

 fully illustrates how the Bedouins know the speed and bottom of their horses, and 

 how a horse possessed of these valuable qualities becomes known to those who 

 wish to breed their high blooded mares to a sire worthy of them: 'In the throng 

 we met Sohiman, the elder brother of Suttum. He was riding on a bay horse whose 

 fame had spread far and wide amongst the tribes, and whose exploits were a constant 

 theme of praise and wonder with the Shammar. He was of the race Obeyan Sherakh 

 — a breed now almost extinct, and perhaps more highly prized than any other of the 

 desert. He had established his fame when but two years old. Fehran, with the 

 principal warriors of the Korusseh, had crossed the Euphrates to plunder the Anayza; 

 they were met by a superior force and were completely defeated. The best mares of 

 the tribe fell into the hands of the enemy, and the bay colt alone, although followed 

 by the fleetest horses of the Anayza, distanced his pursuers. Such noble qualities, 

 united with the purest blood, render him worthy to be looked upon as the public 

 property of the Shammar, and no sum of money would induce his owner to part with 

 him. With a celebrated horse belonging to the Hamoud, a branch of the same 

 tribe, he was set apart to propagate the race of the first horses in Mesopotamia. In 

 size he was small, but large in bone and of excellent proportions. On all sides I 

 heard extraordinary instances of his powers of endurance and speed.' " 



The venerable Emir-Abd-El-Kader informs us in his remarks in General 

 Dauma's book, "The Horse of the Sahara," that he had seen 



"Among the Anazeh tribes (Arabs), extending from Bagdad to the confines of 

 Syria, Arabian horses so absolutely priceless that it was impossible to buy them, 

 or at least to pay in one cash payment for them. These horses were usually dis- 

 posed of to great personages or wealthy merchants, who paid a fabulous price for 

 them in thirty to fifty bills falling due at intervals of twelve months; or else they 

 bound themselves to pay an annual sum forever to the vender and his descendants. " 



The eminent Charles DuHays, of the great French Percheron horse fame, 

 founder of the government stud and editor of the Stud Books, author of "The 

 Dictionary of the Pure Race," "Trotters," "The Book of the Races," "The Mer- 

 lerault," "The Horse Breeder's Guide," "The Percheron Horse," etc., as 

 well as the veteran historian and eminent authority on all matters pertaining 

 to the breeding of fine horses, and formerly master of the horse affairs of Louis 

 Napoleon, states : 



"There is ample evidence that from time to time Arab blood has been infused 

 into the Percheron breed. It is a well known and positive fact that previous to 

 1789 M. Marquis de Mallart, friend of the Prince of Lambese, Master of the House 

 in France, obtained Arab horses to serve on his estate at Coesme, near Belleme, and 

 that his grandson, another Marquis de Mallart, obtained in 1818 and the following 

 year from the Marquis of Bonneval, Director of the National studs at Le Pin, the 

 Arab stallions Gallipoli and Godolphin to stand and serve on that same estate of 

 Coesme." 



In Mr. Walters' translation of Mr. DuHays' book, "The Percheron Horse," 

 we note that Mr. DuHays comments on the world-famous Percheron sire, Jean- 

 Le-BIanc, as follows: 



"Although heavy, powerful, and indeed a shaft-horse, his gait and indescribable 



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