MY QUEST OF THE ARAB HORSE 



paddocks in England. So I had been care- 

 less and even ignorant of some of the things I 

 afterward learned must have happened be- 

 tween the time that horse was purchased in the 

 desert and when you again hear of it in the 

 English paddocks. 



Before getting to Alexandretta, I had or- 

 dered, by wire, from Mr. Jackson, the Amer- 

 ican Consul there, lumber to build stalls on the 

 boat ; and had given little thought as to how the 

 horses were to be loaded on the ship. Until 

 I reached that part I had no idea how diffi- 

 cult that would be. If Mr. Jackson had not 

 gone ahead with the work, and had not had 

 boxes constructed for me, I could not have 

 shipped my lot of horses for at least two 

 weeks. He had made contracts at the lowest 

 bids and every carpenter in the town, who was 

 well enough to work, was working day and 

 night on the boxes. Mr. Jackson was con- 

 stantly after the carpenters and the work was 

 done on time. 



If you have never put twenty-seven stallions 

 and mares into the first boxes, or stalls, they 

 have ever seen, then there's something in life 

 which you have yet to experience. The day on 

 which the embarkation began was very hot. 



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