54 THE HORSE. 



record of the pedigree of these animals r 

 although we are well aware that from 

 them our blood-horse has been manu- 

 factured, the " Stud Book " was not 

 issued until 1808, since which period a 

 regular account of so called thorough- 

 bred horses has been kept ; and in inves- 

 tigating the early issues of the " Calen- 

 dar " we find that the English racer has, 

 Descent of without a single exception, descended 



the thorough- 

 bred, from Barbs, Turkish, Persian, or Arabian 



stallions and from Barbs, Arabians, or 

 royal mares. 



Great difference of opinion exists re- 

 lative to the exact pedigree of the Orien- 

 tal horses imported by the Stuarts. The 

 great authority, the late Admiral Rous, 

 considered them to be of " the purest 

 breed of the desert, were Arabian horses 



