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MODERN HORSE MANAGEMENT 



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than ever its value is being realised by the 

 sportsman of to-day in the hunting field, the 

 point-to-point race, and in the polo field. As for 

 beauty, style, elegance and smoothness, and per- 

 fect conformation, there is no horse in the world 

 to compare with the Arab. {See P. 2, 4, 5, 18ft, 

 19^, 92, 93a-d.) Napoleon said : " Un bon cheval 



Arabe est le meilleur cheval du monde." To 

 use Major Upton's words in " Newmarket and 

 Arabia " : " He is a perfect animal (what more 

 could we want?). There is a balance and 

 harmony throughout his frame not seen in any 

 other horse ; the quintessence of all good quali- 

 ties in a compact form." 



