AUSTRALASIAN HORSES. 



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he proved his abiUty to go fast and stay. He was the sire 

 of a great number of useful winners, though perhaps none 

 of them were of the highest class, with the exception of 

 Great Scot, who is inbred to the Blair Athol Hne, and who, 

 after running well as a three-year-old, was purchased by 

 Mr. R. McKenna for Mr. A. A. Apcar in India. 



" In the pedigrees of many good Australian horses, the 

 names of Arabs appear a very short way back, which is not 



t 

 if-- 





P/ioio l:p] [The Gresham stodio, .Adelaide, s. Acsthama. 



Fig. 491. — Mr. Barr Smith's thorough-bred Australian stallion, Xeckersgat, which has 



sired many winners. 



the case in other parts of the world. Respecting this 

 subject, the Editor of The Australian Stud Book tells us 

 that some of these supposed Arabs were English thorough- 

 breds, which, after having raced in India, were sent to 

 Australia as Arabs, on account of the popularity of Arabs 

 in Australia at that time. Glaucus was one of these 

 horses. Also, in the early days, pedigrees were very 

 carelessly kept, or not kept at all, and consequently it is 



