AND THE TURF. l8l 



lege, and which I believe were imported from 

 India, were evidently of a mixed breed ; and 

 the Arabian at. Hampftead, appears upon thq 

 flighted fiirvey, to be no more than a three-part 

 bred horfe, well adapted to get faddle and coach- 

 horfes. Thefe remarks may ferve to account for 

 the defe61s of the new blood, as it has been 

 llvled upon the turf; and as fufhcient reafons 

 why the produce of Arabians fo feldom run 

 their courfe through. We are chiefly indebted 

 to the two famous Arabians above-named, for 

 our 'moft valuable racing flock, and to thofe of 

 the latter defcription, for our numerous difap- 

 pointments. 



The horle next in quality to the Arab, is the 

 Mountain Barb: this approximation arifes from 

 fimilarity of climate probably, and from an at- 

 tention to pedigree paid by the great men, and 

 other inhabitants of Barbary. The Barb is lefs 

 than the Arabian, very deep breafled, but rather 

 of an aflnine or mulifli appearance; if genuine, 

 he gets true and flout runners. 



A material queflion arifes here, have we any 

 farther occaflon for Arabian blood, and will not 

 our Englifli courfer degenerate, in procefs of 

 time, without an occaflonal recurrence to the 

 parent flock .^^ I will take upon me to anfwer 

 this queflion in part, or rather I have already 

 done it ; we can have no fort of need of fiich 

 foreign horfes as are ufualiy imported, for the 



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