66 THE ARAB THE HORSE OF THE FUTURE 



for the press, Mr. Wilfred Meynell's ' Life of 

 Benjamin Disraeli ' has appeared, wherein are cited 

 the followino- remarks of his : 



' The British aristocracy, which the multitude 

 idealizes, does not idealize, does not even realize its 

 own status and dignity. The only race your typical 

 noble reflects upon is that run by horses ; pedigree 

 and high breeding are concerns only of cattle, his 

 course of study is the racecourse, and the highest 

 homage he offers to the Church is to call a chase 

 after the steeple. And their table talk is stable 

 talk.' 



What pleasing unanimity ! Tom Mann, the 

 greatest of democrats, and Lord Beaconsfield, the 

 greatest of Tories, at one ! Was Lord Curzon 

 tender about treading on the corns of some of the 

 British aristocracy when he forgot to allude to 

 horse-racing ? 



Happening in the discussion of the question to 

 call the attention of a friend to the above corrobora- 

 tion, by Sir George Clarke, of what I have said as to 

 gambling, which he had not noticed, he called my 

 attention to the singular coincidence that in the same 

 paper as Sir George Clarke's speech appeared 

 there was a corroboration of Sir George Clarke, 

 which I had not noticed, by another very high 

 authority, namely, my colleague the Chief Justice of 

 South Australia, a Baronet and a Privy Councillor 

 of His Majesty the King. This was on the trial 

 (October i6, 1903) of two very young men. 



