THE HORSE. Ill 



an animal of fast and good trotting 



action, constitute him as a progenitor of The Arabian 



might be used 



trotters, and such a cross of good blood 7 suc . cess 



in America. 



might assist America in improving her 

 celebrated strains. 



In England, for a century past, the 

 occupation of the Arabian has gone ; but 

 this is no reason why he should not find 

 useful employment in diffusing his quality 

 throughout the various types of British 

 horses. 



Mr. Blunt expects more. He proposes 

 in the future to raise a thorough-bred 

 strain of Arabian race-horses, capable of 

 holding their own with English racers. 

 By this means Admiral Rous's theory of Admiral 



Rous's 



the Eastern exotic would be put to the 

 test. The Arabian, being a pure-bred 

 animal, is just the sire or dam to be used 



