48 MY HORSE ; MY LOVE 



time this creation was called the Anglo-Arab, the word 

 Arab indicating the blood-cause. For many years this 

 Anglo-Arab was exported to the Continent as the English 

 thoroughbred, for to England was due this new creation. 

 Count Orloff created the famous Russian national horse in 

 the same way, by using Arab stallions to Anglo-Arab and 

 Flemish mares. So France, to create her coach-horse, uses 

 the blood of the Arab and calls it the " Franco-Arab." 



' The modern racer does not show the fine points and 

 attributes formerly seen in horses of an older date, and 

 transmitted to them by their Arabian ancestry. The 

 English thoroughbred has failed to hand down to his 

 descendants the primal characteristics of the pure Arabian, 

 because he is not really of unadulterated race. History 

 proves that the racehorses of England are neither of 

 Arabian blood nor yet entirely of Eastern extraction, and 

 cannot, therefore, be entirely thoroughbred. 



' To say that this term in its Uteral sense is somewhat 

 misapplied may arouse a storm of indignation — but the 

 explanation is simple. In the history of the famous 

 English racers, Herod, Eclipse and Matchem, only one 

 side of their ancestry is mentioned — the Godolphin 

 Arabian — while the mares from whom they were bred 

 were not pure Arabs. However, the perfect specimens 

 existing to-day which boast this direct and proud pedigree 

 have in their own persons and records justified the use 

 of the term ' thoroughbred ' — which term is now adopted 

 and become arbitrary.' 



Do horses inherit particular qualities? 



* Just as in man. Many a horse proves his ancestry by 

 what he has inherited. In studying the pedigrees of 

 modern racehorses, one finds that each individual inherits 



