BREEDING QUEEN'S PLATES 189 



land is not entirely of Eastern, still less of Arabian, blood, 

 it proves that he is not really true or thoroughbred. He 

 cannot get beyond a certain point of excellence, and is 

 impossible of permanent improvement, because of his mixed 

 blood. The only efifectual, the least expensive, and the 

 quickest, way to meet this ditificulty is to start afresh with 

 pure Arabian blood. Postpone no longer the selection 

 of the Arabian — the horse, who in himself, answers all 

 the requirements, whose natural attributes are fire and 

 sagacity, blood and action, speed and bottom — a racer, 

 a war-horse and a hunter ! 



