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THE HOBSP]. 



The Arab 

 does not in- 

 herit those 

 weaknesses 

 common to 

 English 

 racing stock. 



The general 

 utility horse 

 not so good 

 as he was 

 years ago. 



whatever diseases he may acquh^e in time^ 

 he starts now with a clean bill of health, 

 inheriting none of those weaknesses which 

 beset our present racing stock. He 

 endures cold as he endures heat, fasting 

 as plenty, and hard work as idleness. 

 Nothing comes to him amiss. For what 

 other creature under heaven can we sa 

 so much ? " 



The British thorough-bred, many assert, 

 is perfection, that he cannot be improved 

 upon ; but of the general utility class 

 there is hardly a horseman who does re- 

 cognise that of late years he has been 

 going down hill, that he does not possess 

 the same stamina nor endurance as the 

 horses at the early part of the century 

 did. 



If such be the case it can readily be 



