50 The Arab Horse 



best that could be had, both from the 

 Anazah in the upper desert, and also 

 from Nejd. In one instance, having 

 bought a mare of rare strain in Nejd, 

 and thinking her too old to make the 

 journey to the seacoast by using her own 

 legs. Abbas sent a bullock cart for her, 

 bringing her one thousand five hundred 

 miles on wheels. 



All of these, Upton, the Blunts, and 

 Abbas Pasha, got stallions also, as did 

 Hon. Miss Ethelred Dillon and others, 

 while a number of valuable animals 

 were taken to India by the Arab horse 

 dealers of Bombay, Abdur Rhaman, 

 Eyssa bin Curtis and Eyd et Tenimi, who 

 sold them to British officers and Indian 

 Rajahs for racing purposes. We owe 

 the mares, however, to Upton, the Blunts, 

 and Abbas. When the last named was 

 deposed, his breeding stud was continued 

 for some time by Ali Pasha Sherif , and on 

 the breaking up of the stud the choicest 

 animals were purchased by the Blunts, 

 who, in addition to the Crabbet Park 



