234 THE ARAB THE HORSE OF THE FUTURE 



I did not start my stud with the sHghtest hope or 

 expectation of making a profit — indeed, I fully antici- 

 pated a considerable loss — but this statement of the 

 Indian Commission, that the demand for true Arabs 

 is already great, and that it will probably increase in 

 the future, leads me to hope that, even if I do 

 lose, one of my sons may make money out of it 

 hereafter. 



The report goes on: 'Out of 124 young stock 

 seen at Ahmednagar, 43 were got by Arab sires . . . 

 they had great quality, and showed true desert Arab 

 type. All the evidence received on the subject 

 clearly proves to the Commission that the small Arab 

 of the desert, which is full of quality and blood, is 

 much better calculated to produce remounts and 

 improve the stock of the country than the big, 

 heavy-shouldered, pig-eyed horses, so-called Arabs, 

 which have been bought during recent years as 

 Imperial stallions. The Commission endorse this 

 opinion from their personal observation.' 



Note what emphasis they put on the necessity for 

 the small Arab of the desert, not every big brute 

 who hails from Bombay. Recommendations are 

 then made that the majority of the Imperial stallions 

 should be thoroughbred English or Australian, the 

 rest being Arabs of true desert type, while district 

 board stallions should be Arabs and country-breds ; 

 and they say that it is advisable that every district 

 board should have some Arab and some country- 

 bred horses. 



