How Some Arabs Have Been Obtained j^ 



for Dominant, and Rii,ooo for Good 

 Hope, while R3o,ooo were offered and 

 refused for either Rex or BHtz. This 

 last-named horse was certainly one of the 

 greatest stake winners for his inches that 

 the world has ever seen. Bought origin- 

 ally by Lieut. O'Farrell of the 6th Dra- 

 goons for R400 ($200) he never was 

 beaten. After winning the Civil Service 

 Cup for the second time, his owner and 

 partners bought him in no less than four- 

 teen pools, whose actual aggregate value 

 was $60,000. Later, he was bought by 

 Lord William Beresford, and used in the 

 stud in England, to a limited degree. 

 Afterward he passed into the possession 

 of the Maharajah of Patiala, who took 

 him back to India and used him for breed- 

 ing. He is described by one who knew 

 him well, in these words: 



"He is for his size, the most remark- 

 able animal ever foaled. He is milk white 

 with black muzzle, which can be put in 

 a pint pot. Weight makes no difference 

 to him." 



