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Roala tribe. This is the famous " broken- 

 legged mare," now to be seen at Crabbet 

 Park. When visiting this stud in Sep- 

 tember 1905, the writer had first one and 

 then another particularly attractive ani- 

 mal pointed out as the offspring of " the 

 broken-legged mare." Finally he asked, 

 ''What is the broken-legged mare, and 

 where is she?" ''You shall see," said 

 Lady Anne Blunt, leading the way to a 

 box stall, of which Bint Helwa was the 

 sole occupant. Here we saw a broken- 

 legged mare sure enough. Were it not 

 for her injury she is a beauty, pure white, 

 with a head such as Schreyer would seek 

 as a model. But, her off fore leg! This 

 was broken between the knee and shoulder 

 so that it wabbled loosely. Her shoulder 

 was also broken, and the gentle creature 

 stands always on three legs, the fourth 

 can support no weight, the toe just 

 touches the ground, and when she would 

 move about the mare rears a bit, hops 

 around with the good front leg, dragging 

 the poor useless member. 



