The Journal of Heredity 
“KHEYRA,”’ A PURE ARAB MARE 
Finishing third in the endurance test; her record was 52 hours and 37 minutes, with a condition 
mark of 25 and a grade of 72.4% for total performance. 
Therefore those who preserve the best 
types we have are saving for the 
future the means of regeneration which 
will save mankind from the disaster 
that would be, if the oil wells fail to 
supply all the power the world needs. 
THE ARMY DISTANCE TEST 
The long distance test from Fort 
Ethan Allen, Vermont to Camp Devens, 
Mass., a distance of 300 miles, was 
ridden between Tuesday, October 14, 
1919 and the following Sunday, Octo- 
ber 19, the horses doing 60 miles a day 
for five days, with a quarter mile dash 
on the sixth day to test condition. 
There were 14 to start and eight to 
finish, all in good condition—six sound 
and two slightly lame. Most of the 
horses starting the test were: eight 
Arabs, four Morgans, and two grade 
thoroughbreds. Those finishing were 
six Arabs and two Morgans. 
(Fig. 26.) 
In the 14 mile dash on the sixth day 
to test fitness, the 34 bred Arab mare 
Halcyon (Fig. 27) was first, the Arab 
mare Kheyra (Fig. 26) second, the 
Arab mare Ramla (Fig. 24) third, the 
7g Arab Kingfisher (Fig. 25) fourth, a 
Morgan ‘“‘Castor’’ fifth, and the Arab 
“Crabbet”’ sixth. 
The performance of this mare ‘‘Hal- 
cyon”’ in the whole test is most remark- 
able as she had weaned her colt only a 
few weeks before and was again in 
foal. She is the same mare who won 
second place in the broad jump in the 
International tournament for cavalry 
horses held in Madison Square Garden 
a few years ago, and was the only 
American horse to take a prize in that 
event. 
Halcyon is the dam of Kingfisher 
who was placed second in the Endur- 
ance test. Kingfisher, it will be 
remembered, carried Col. Tompkins 
