Arab Horses Outside of Arabia 5 



started at Vienna, and rode to Berlin. 

 The winner of the race was Maresa, a 

 brown gelding owned and ridden by an 

 Austrian. He was a small Magyar horse, 

 bred in a private stud on the Stukweissen- 

 berge Comitat, his sire a Gidran, his dam 

 an undersized Hotsul or Hoeul mare. 

 The mare had been given by her breeder 

 to one of the czikos or mounted stockmen, 

 who herd the mobs of mares that graze 

 on the mountains. One night a burglary 

 took place some ten German miles (fifty 

 English miles) from the stud to which 

 this horse herd was attached. Witnesses 

 swore they had seen him in the act of 

 robbing; but other reputable witnesses, 

 a number of them, were able to verify 

 the fact that the man was seen at his 

 post at eight in the evening and four in 

 the morning of the night of the burglary, 

 the alibi was decided to have been 

 established, and the man was acquitted 

 of the charge. Shortly afterward the 

 fellow became seriously ill and thought 

 himself about to die. He then confessed 



