LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



QUEEN VICTORIAS FAVOURITE ARAB AND DOGS 



Frontispiece 



I'AGE 



THE AVERAGE HEIGHTS OF THOROUGHBREDS IN 170O, 



1800, AND 1900 ------ xiii 



OWNER ON RAFYK ----- To face 32 



QUAMBI STUD FARM, MOUNT BARKER SPRINGS, 



SOUTH AUSTRALIA - - - - ,, 64 



SULEIMAN AND ZUBEIR - - - - „ 96 



RAFYK BEGGING FOR SUGAR - - - ,, 1 28 

 MISS DE BEANGV (bY RAFYK OUT OF A HEAVY 



cart-mare) - - - - - ,, 160 

 sir james p. boucaut on faroun, by jiessaoud 



(sold to RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT) - - „ 1 92 



RAFYK (ARAB STALLION) - - - - „ 224 



