72 The Arab Horse 



Mr. Blunt then bought Rataplan and 

 shipped him to England for use in the 

 Crabbet Stud. 



Many other Arab horses greatly dis- 

 tinguished themselves in racing in India; 

 but as they never came to England or the 

 Continent of Europe have left no influ- 

 ence upon modern occidental horse breed- 

 ing. A rapid enumeration is all the 

 attention that can be given them in the 

 present writing. 



Grey leg won 51 races at Bombay, 

 Mysore, and Bangalore between 1861 and 

 1868. Hermit won 34 races during the 

 same period. Rex, Euclid, and Lanercost 

 were also great winners. The demand for 

 anything that could win races from the 

 rich Rajahs who made racing their pas- 

 time, caused standing offers of fabulous 

 prices at all times by British officers, and 

 the demand brought a partial supply. In 

 1893 not less than 16,000 rupees were 

 added to the stakes at the Calcutta meet- 

 ing alone. To win such prizes the Mahara- 

 jah of Cooch Behar paid R5,ooo ($2,500) 



