40 " GENERAL BEALE," " HEGIRA," " ISLAM," 



Journal advocates of a name, seeing the mistake they had made in 

 so strongly sympathizing with public prejudice in favor of that name, 

 now began to print "cross and out-cross," which was soon taken up 

 by the people, who wanted to know what they should " cross and out- 

 cross" with ? This was soon fixed for another deal, and the theory of 

 thoroughbred runnino-horse blood was blazoned on the "out-cross" 

 banner. By using it, the broken-down race-horse stallions, also weeds 

 from that type, would be got rid of among the unsuspecting yeomanry, 

 only however to entail another drawback to successful breeding of a 

 " national horse ;" and thus the attempt by a single individual for good 

 general results, became a most stupendous undertaking. However, 

 my faith was great, for I did know ; and the resolve being made, I did 

 begin; believing there were plenty of men in the country who would 

 co-operate with me in this attempt. 



Kentucky had a great prestige in her brood mares, and sporting 

 journals harped the string, "cross and out-cross," urging the use of 

 broken-down thoroughbred running-horses as stallions. 



That others valued Arabian blood as I did was evident from occa- 

 sional importations of it; but in no case can I remember their use 

 being credited. From 1840 to i860 I knew of quite a number so im- 

 ported, two standing at Boston, three in New Jersey, three" in Mary- 

 land, two in Virginia, and four in Kentucky. 



From the first, Arabian stallions worked into Kentucky, where they 

 were used upon race-horse mares. Latterly, Mokhladi, Massaud, and 

 Sacklowie, imported by the late A. Keene Richards into Kentucky, 

 did more or less business upon all kinds of dams, as well as thorough- 

 bred running-breds. I am willing to believe the public did not know, 

 in truth, the value of Arabian blood in the coach-, road-, and trotting- 

 horse as well as race-horse. 



When, however, credit is given to Kentucky for superior blood in 

 her brood mares over any other State, and that superiority is credited 

 to her thorough running-horse blood, which in an earlier day was the 

 only type of horses she bred, we are inclined to look for a more direct 

 cause. In doing so, we find that for forty years their dams have been 

 under the influence of Arabian blood ; no less than five different 

 Arabian stallions having been imported directly into Kentucky since 

 1850. While these horses were obtained expressly to reinforce their 

 running-horse blood, when they found it more important to breed gen- 

 eral-purpose horses (as coach-, road-, trotting-horses and workers), they 

 had the all-important Arabian blood to help them, whether to strengthen 



