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best of their kind, according to the Anazeh standard. 

 Some French officers in Algeria have picked up fine Ara- 

 bians from sheiks in the desert, for which they have paid, 

 I was told, from two thousand francs and upwards — a 

 cheap enough price in an}^ event, for, like trotters in the 

 2.20 class, the number of good ones is extremely limited. 

 You or I would have to pay thrice the sum. 



One thing you will be very sure to find in every part of 

 the world, and that is that work and show do not go to- 

 gether — your every-day utility-horse does not carry about 

 his patent of nobility with him, however high-bred he may 

 be. He proves his lineage by what he can do, not by his 

 simple looks. If you want to have a show horse you 

 must keep him for show. You will find him standing in 

 every part of the country, from Palo Alto to Bangor, in 

 all of our Eastern racing-stables, in every great breeding- 

 establishment at home or abroad. He bears his pedigree 

 in his fervid eye, his grand arched crest, his perfect form, 

 his noble bearing, his high switching tail, and his bold, 

 free step. He points to the performances of his get to 

 prove what he himself might accomplish, and often to a 

 past record as fine as theirs. The show horse is not the 

 worker, nor is he to be easily found, even in Arabia. And 

 I doubt whether the entire area of the Libyan and Syrian 

 deserts boasts as splendid a specimen of horse-flesh as — 

 say old " Longfellow " or " Electioneer." 



