lo The Arab Horse 



of Wurtemburg were brought to the 

 United States, and are owned by Mr. 

 Heyl of Milwaukee, who showed them 

 at the Columbian Exposition at Chicago 

 in 1893. The French have extensive 

 heras of Arab horses both in France and 

 in Algeria. In the days of Napoleon III. 

 whole regiments of chasseurs mounted on 

 Arab horses could be seen at the great 

 French army manoeuvres. 



The greater number of Arabs imported 

 to America in late years having come 

 from England, the history of the Arabian 

 horse in Great Britain seems to call for 

 somewhat extended consideration. 



John Lawrence, whose *' History and 

 Delineation of the Horse " was published 

 in 1809 is one of the earliest writers on 

 this subject. From him we learn that 

 James I., Charles I., Oliver Cromwell, 

 Charles II. and James II. were all inter- 

 ested in horse breeding, and all looked to 

 the pure Arab horse as the source of im- 

 proving blood. The list of horses and 

 mares brought by them to England from 



