iSa ON RUNNING HORSES 



plainefl reafon in the world, we poiTefs much 

 better of our own native (lock. But this makes 

 nothing againd the propriety of endeavouring 

 to obtain genuine Arabian courfers. We ought 

 never to remain ftationary and fatished ^vhile 

 there exifts a poffibility of improvement ; the 

 vaft advantages refuhing from the accidental 

 importation of a very few real good horfes has 

 been amply proved, and in my opinion, the 

 profecution of a concerted plan for obtaining a 

 farther fupply, would be an obje6l not unworthy 

 the attention of a gentleman of the turf, either 

 in the view of curiofity or profit : the plan bed 

 adapted to that end is matter of enquiry. 



I have never heard, that any properly quali- 

 fied perfon has been fent to Arabia for the pur- 

 pofe of purchafing horfes, neverthelefs I believe 

 iuch to be the only probable method of obtain- 

 ing the genuine ftock in requeft. The tenaci- 

 oufnefs of the Arabians of their higheft bred 

 horfes, has been long known, and very few% or 

 none of fuch, ever find their way to the great 

 fairs in the Eaftern countries, where the com- 

 mon Arabian, and other Eafi:ern horfes, are 

 ufually purchafed. 



The following is the beft account of the 

 Arabian horfes which I have been able to ob- 

 tain, either from reading or enquiry. They 

 have in that country, three diftinft breeds, or 

 rather two varieties from the original genus ; 



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