MY QUEST OF THE ARAB HORSE 



answer to a telegram which he had sent and as 

 a result the Italia was detained a day in 

 order that the horses might be taken on board. 

 True, there was no other accommodation for 

 them except on the upper deck, in the very 

 bow of the boat, where they would be exposed 

 to all kinds of weather that might come along, 

 but I consented to ship them. I did this under 

 protest, as our contract demanded that from 

 Naples to New York the horses were to be 

 carried between decks. 



Marching back to the steamship dock the 

 horses paraded like a cavalry troop. They 

 had created a good deal of interest in Naples 

 and thousands of people had gathered daily 

 to see them exercised in a small park which 

 had a bridle path, and when we started for the 

 steamer the streets were lined. 



At one crossing the crowd was very dense, 

 just leaving a leeway for the horses to pass. 

 The blue-lipped colt was giving us the most 

 trouble of any. He had on a blind bridle 

 and it bothered him because he could not see 

 behind him or to the sides. There was a hump 

 on his back that showed what he might do if 

 the proper occasion came. Right at the thick- 

 est point of the crowd, a young boy stood with 



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