Some Last Words loi 



ibn Mahaid. There were four mares of 

 Suleiman ibn Mirshid picketed in front 

 of his tent, the best of which he considered 

 to be the bluish-grey (Azzrak) mare, four 

 or five years old. She was also of the 

 Manakhi Hedruj family, and stood 

 fourteen hands, three inches high.'* 



Speaking of colour of Arab horses he 

 says (p. 341): 



*' As to colour, I do not pretend to re- 

 strict it; but among the Anazah bay 

 appeared to us the most general, and, 

 I think is the favourite colour among the 

 Arabs; chestnuts and greys are less 

 numerous, and together would not equal 

 the number of those of a bay colour." 



Finally, the question seems pertinent — 

 Why, if Arab horses are so valuable, their 

 value so well known, and they can be 

 procured, have they not become more 

 widely distributed? 



Various answers, all good, may be 

 given to this question. In the first place 

 the average horseman has come to be- 

 lieve their qualities and reputation to be 



