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respect of speed, and speed for only a short 

 distance is of no great use to mounted 

 infantry. By using the Arab we may 

 expect to obtain the qualities our race horses 

 boasted a century and a half or two cen- 

 turies ago, when they stood 14 hands to 

 14.3 the famous Gimcrack is said to have 

 measured 14 hands oj inch. 



There is much to be said in favour of the 

 policy of returning to the original Eastern 

 stock to find suitable sires for our proposed 

 breed of ponies. While we have been breed- 

 ing the Thoroughbred for speed and speed 

 only, Arab breeders have continued to breed 

 for stoutness, endurance and good looks. By 

 going to Arab stock for our sires we might 

 at the beginning sacrifice some measure of 

 speed : but what was lost in that respect 

 would be more than compensated by the 

 soundness of constitution and limb which are 

 such conspicuous traits in the Eastern horse. 

 Furthermore, the difficulty of size which 

 confronts us in the Thoroughbred sire is 

 much diminished if we adopt the Arab as 

 our foundation sire. 



By crossing the Arab on mares of our 

 forest and moorland breeds we shall obtain 

 the increased size and speed required, while 

 it will be possible to preserve the valuable 



