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Russians, whose purchases have included Mesoaud. 

 Mesoaud is the sire of Faraoun. 



The soldiers of all these great military peoples in 

 all quarters of the globe are not fools, surely, when 

 they largely select Arab horses. They must be 

 credited with knowing what they are about. Surely 

 their opinion ought to be of more account on such 

 a subject than that of jockey-boys and bookmakers 

 — even that fine old racing gentleman, Mr. W. Day. 

 The examples just given rather discount his opinion 

 about the extinction of the Arab for practical 

 purposes ! 



The Times also quotes Mr. Blunts statement, that 

 his plan from the beginning had been to eliminate 

 the idea of great speed as an object to be attained, 

 certainly as a principal object, and he was convinced 

 that the defects of the English thoroughbred were 

 mainly from the sacrifice that had been made ot 

 every quality to that of speed. Everybody is con- 

 vinced of it. 



Everywhere the same story : breeding to ' sprint ' 

 ruins the breed, and the Arab is the horse to improve 

 and renovate it. 



A Japanese buyer in Queensland, January 30, 

 1904, wants little active horses, 'not the big stamp 

 of animal usually bought by European authorities.' 

 We have very much to learn of the Japanese. A 

 good few people have already learnt something ! 



An article in the Century for September, 1903, 

 by Mr. Charles Gilmer, ' Speed on Horses in 



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