STATUS OF THE ARAB HORSE 



have a story which is this: A traveler riding 

 a very fine mare, stopped near the middle of 

 the day at a well owned by an old woman and 

 asked permission to water his mount. While 

 the mare was drinking she was giving birth to 

 a filly colt. The traveler, being hard pressed 

 for time, gave the colt to the old woman, so 

 that she could care for it and rear it, if possible, 

 on the camel's and sheep's milk. The rider 

 proceeded on his way and rode steadily until 

 dark, when he stopped in the open plain for 

 the night. 



At daylight he was astonished beyond meas- 

 ure to find that the colt he had left with the 

 old woman, although but a few hours old, and 

 having never really seen its mother, had 

 made its escape and had tracked her 

 across the desert, and was there by her side, 

 nursing. Thus came the name. Among the 

 Kehilans, ba^s are more numerous than those 

 of any other color. They are the fastest of 

 Arab horses, though not the hardiest, nor the 

 most beautiful by any means. They bear a 

 close resemblance to the English thorough- 

 breds to which they are nearly related. The 

 Darley Arab, perhaps the only thoroughbred 



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