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pony mare, and in the same stable with 

 Nejme, may also be cited. Nothing 

 could be more beautiful than this chest- 

 nut gelding, yet we know that he is but 

 a half-bred. 



Speaking of the necessity for care in 

 making certain of the origin of horses 

 claiming to be pure bred Arabians, Lady 

 Anne Blunt writes: 



"As it is a fundamental principle at 

 the Crabbet Arabian Stud that no stal- 

 lion, however individually excellent, is 

 eligible for service if there is any doubt 

 or lack of information as to a true Arabian 

 descent, it follows that at this stud any 

 'not proven' element must remain an 

 insuperable objection. I have heard of 

 disastrous results from the neglect of 

 this rule, for example from Prince San- 

 gusco, who told me of the immense 

 trouble he had to eliminate the blood of 

 horses he had accepted on insufificient 

 testimony. 



"On the other hand there are cases 

 where, the risk having been run, results 

 have justified the experiment, as any 

 flaw in blood is sure to come out in 



