THE HORSE. 55 



bought in Constantinople or Hungary, Admiral 



Rous's opinion 



and had descended as c a pure' Eastern of the Eastern 



horses im- 



1 exotic,' whose pedigree could be traced |tulrte by fche 

 for two thousand years, the son of Arabia 

 Deserta, without a drop of English blood 

 in his veins." 



Very important qualities have been 

 derived from the Arab, but the Arab 

 made his mark upon improved stock, 

 upon animals with English blood in 

 their veins, and possessing at the same 

 time qualities produced by Barbs, Turks 

 and Persians. 



Many people talk about blood ; of 

 course it is only a word to indicate that 

 certain quality belongs to a horse. Of 

 what does it consist, or what leads us to 

 discover the difference between a coarse 

 and well-bred animal ? In the external 



