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veral of our best horses that raced about the 

 middle of the last century. 



There is a black Arab in London, the pro- 

 perty of M. Helbert, the action of which is 

 perfect both in the walk, trot, and canter. M. 

 Helbert tells me an Arab he previously had 

 walked quite as well as his present one. Out 

 of several Arab horses that have arrived here 

 for her Majesty and Prince Albert, two or three 

 have turned out excellent hacks, and walk 

 well. It is therefore certain that Arabs can be 

 selected, even under the present system of the 

 Desert of tying them by their feet, instead of 

 their head, that are excellent hacks. 



Other horses have during the last thirty 

 years arrived in this country from the East 

 whose progeny have been very good. The 

 Wellesley Arabian, imported by the late Lord 

 Cowley, only about forty or fifty years ago 

 was so speedy that his blood yet holds a 

 high place at Newmarket. 



General Daumas says, and I believe truly, 

 that people who want the best class of either 

 Arabs or Barbes must not rest content to send 

 to the coasts for them ; that, on the contrary, 



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