MY QUEST OF THE ARAB HORSE 



Sheikli of the tribe to put his seal on the bar- 

 gain. Then if the Bedouin said yes, Haffez 

 would toss the hands up and the deal was 

 closed. We felt exceedingly proud of this 

 two-year-old. The Bedouins came and sat 

 round him in honor of his distinguished 

 mother. 



Later Arthur and Jack had a laugh on me. 

 We saw a bay mare galloping at some distance 

 and her action impressed us all, but me espe- 

 cially. As the rider came closer the others 

 said the mare was limping, but I was doubtful. 

 She moved so well that I had hopes of buying 

 her if she filled Haffez's measure. But to our 

 astonishment when she came walking up we 

 found that one of her pasterns had been broken. 

 She was walking on the ankle joint, the foot a 

 w^ithered-up dried object, being turned up at 

 the outer side like that of a dead horse. We 

 learned she had been injured in war and that 

 the accident only hindered her speed a little. 



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