2o8 THE ARAB THE HORSE OF THE FUTURE 



racecourse ; and that Arab stallions were much used 

 in the Government studs to improve the country- 

 bred horses. Of course, as the Town and Country 

 Journal says, there was no degeneration. It is a 

 pure breed. 



The Register, March i, 1901, writes of an inter- 

 view with Colonel Wyndham, that he said that the 

 style of horse we should breed from was a ' good 

 stallion, well-bred and thick-set, one of the big 

 little class,' which exactly describes the pure 

 Arab. 



Mr. M. McRae(' Rainbow') wrote in \\\^ Australian, 

 March 30, 1901, that the remedy for the improve- 

 ment of the breed of horses was for the Govern- 

 ment to subsidize importers of Arab stallions, or 

 import a few good ones and lease them to the 

 different districts ; that if this were done he was 

 sure there would be a great improvement in our 

 horses in a few years, for the Arab has a knack 

 of transmitting his good qualities to his stock. Of 

 course he does, because the Arab is a pure breed 

 of very high antiquity. The thoroughbred, Mr. 

 McRae said, was all very well for racing, but does 

 not come up to the Arab cross for general purposes 

 or to breed for remounts. Of course he does not, 

 because he is not a pure breed. 



The Australasian Pastoralist Review, November 

 15, 1900, comparing Arabs and English thorough- 

 breds, said that it was foolishness to compare the 

 two types when considering the improvement of the 



