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— found in any breed of horses, is originally derived from 

 the Arabian, which can justly claim a wealth of pure lineage. 



'The Arab of pure blood is a horse, as he came from 

 Nature's hand — all other breeds being the result of human 

 ingenuity. Naturally he is speedy, and it is from him that 

 all speed has its origin. It is constantly argued that he 

 cannot hold his own on the flat with the English thorough- 

 bred, nor can he trot a mile with his American descendants. 

 But it must be remembered, that in his native desert he is 

 not carefully bred for speed in any particular gait, or to 

 run or trot in races, and so may not compete on equal 

 terms with those, whose powers and speed in special direc- 

 tions have been sedulously developed, for many generations. 

 Therefore, to make sure of breeding a pure type, capable of 

 the highest accomplishments, that shall unth certamty repro- 

 duce itself in any country, and to perpetuate it until it shall 

 be known, recognised, approved and earnestly sought for, 

 by every other nation as the " A?fierican horse,'' these three 

 gentlemen are convinced that they are doing the only wise 

 thing in importing pure bred Arabs. 



'Naomi was the first mare imported in 1888, and there is 

 no doubt whatever of the purity of her blood.' 



Who brought her from Arabia ? 



' The late Captain Roger Upton, of the English army, 



who lived frequently among the Arabs, and was an 



enthusiast about pure horses, himself purchased both her 



parents at great cost from the Gomussa tribe in the 



Euphrates valley. Naomi was foaled a few days after 



their arrival in England. Her sire was Yataghen, 14.3, 



and her dam Haidee, also 14.3. Both these were 



Maneghi, considered in the desert the choicest of all 



families. They have, as a rule, finer action, and, if 



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