CHAPTER XX 



THE ARAB HORSE AND HIS PRESENT STATUS- 

 SOME STORIES FROM THE DESERT. 



There has been a great deal of speculation 

 as to where the Arab horse originally came 

 from. He has been the subject of myth and 

 fiction and tradition for so long that the truth 

 about him is hard to ascertain. He has been 

 dated as far back as ]\It. Ararat by writers who 

 gravely state that he and his companions 

 walked off Noah's Ark and began to breed 

 and multiply in the general region where he is 

 now found. We are past the Ark age, how- 

 ever, and after all it makes little difference to 

 the modern reader to know the exact origin of 

 the Arab horse as long as he is what he is. 



The Arab horse is a type by himself. He is 

 distinctly different from all other horseflesh, 

 not only in the formation of his bone structure, 

 but in his temperament. He stands alone. It 

 has been thought by many that there are t\^o 



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