Arab Horses Outside of Arabia 13 



*' Among the Eastern stallions which 

 are the originators of the thorough- 

 bred of the present day, the eldest is the 

 Arab horse purchased by Mr. Darley, 

 a commission agent at Aleppo, and a 

 thorough paced sportsman, to whose 

 influence and energy is due in large 

 measure the reaction which took place 

 in England at the beginning of the eight- 

 teenth century in favour of animals of 

 Eastern origin. In the course of a hunt- 

 ing excursion in the neighbourhood of 

 Aleppo, Mr. Darley met an Arab, who 

 was riding a very remarkable horse, 

 whose speed, endurance and lightness 

 gave him the appearance of being a 

 faultless animal. 



"In exchange for an English musket, 

 a weapon very little known in the East, 

 and a good round sum of money, Manicka, 

 as this superb animal was called, became 

 the property of Mr. Darley, who sent 

 him to his brother, Mr. John Brewster 

 Darley, of Aldby Park, York, where he 

 arrived in the beginning of 1712 (1705 ? 

 S.-B.), he being at that time four years 

 old. . . . His two best representatives, 

 Flying Childers and Bartlett Childers, 

 bred by Mr. Charles Childers of Can* 



