THE SULTAN'S STABLES 



lack of good stock. They are deplorably in 

 need of new blood. I would suggest to His 

 JNIajesty that he send his fine stallions each 

 spring all through the Empire and breed them 

 to the really good mares which are to be found 

 in all parts of the country. The French Gov- 

 ernment has followed this plan with excellent 

 results. The fee should be small, of course. 

 In France it is only $3.00 and this compara- 

 tively small sum enables the poorest peasant 

 to secure the service of the best stallions the 

 Government owns. 



If this were done I venture to predict that in 

 ten years the majority of horses in the Turkish 

 Empire would be good instead of what they 

 are now — bad. 



Germany and Russia as well as France have 

 done this very thing, not only with their own 

 horses, but with the very few which they have 

 been able to import from Turkey. The result 

 has been almost amazing. 



Then when one sees such a large number of 

 finely bred stallions going to waste in stables 

 where they are not even exercised, a sugges- 

 tion like the one I have made comes naturally 

 to one's mind. 



The Sultan has, of late years, established 



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