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into a proverb. There is not a soldier in our army who 

 cannot bear testimony to this. 



The horses of the English cavalry almost all perished 

 in the Crimean war, whilst our Algerian horses almost all 

 returned. In the Italian war our Algerian horses bore 

 well the fatigues of the campaign, where the horses 

 springing from the English were decimated. 



It appears impossible that these two proofs should have 

 no signification and should not teach a lesson. Ought it 

 not to be concluded from them that the war-horse, that is 

 the horse for endurance, should only be of Arab blood or 

 at least derived from the Arab ? 



And are we not justified in believing that what has 

 taken place with the war-horse applies also to other 

 horses destined for continuous work ? Hence are we not 

 right in always preferring the Arab to the English stallion, 

 when it is a question of improving the different breeds 

 of work and draft-horses, as well as the war horse ? 



The Arabian stallion would seem so much the more fit 

 for this use, as a long experience has proved that his get 

 upon our native mares are much heavier than himself; 

 they, at the same time, always transmitting a rich, unblem- 

 ished blood and a solid frame qualities which are preserv- 

 ed indefinitely. 



The Arab horse imparts, also, great endurance to his 

 progeny, and without going back as far as the turf, where 

 we see figuring on the top round of the ladder Arlequin^ 

 Zephyr, Valencia, Corysandre the Lorraine, whose dam 

 was an Arabian of Deux-Ponts, Anthony, Eylau, lLasbas, 

 and Palmyre, let us be satisfied with citing in mass, all 

 the fine and spirited breeds of Limousin, Navarre, Bigorre, 

 Tarbes, and Auvergne, showing in every pore the pres- 

 ence of the Oriental blood. 



It is also especially to be remarked, although the Arab 

 does not trot and only gallops, that all his get are quick, 

 square trotters. We can produce numberless examples 



