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made of cotton which he binds on to the horse's 

 back with the help of a surcingle. 



Among the many interesting statements in 

 this book is one to the effect that the Bedouin 

 cannot ascertain a horse's age by examining the 

 teeth, and that he has no knowledge of the trick 

 so often resorted to by unprincipled European 

 horse dealers of making false marks on teeth. 



Many Chinamen, on the other hand, claim to 

 be able to tell a horse's age from its teeth up to 

 the age of thirty-two. 



A point omitted by Mr Blunt is that the 

 Bedouin being, so to speak, born a horseman, 

 is unable to understand how any race of men 

 can exist that cannot ride. Were we to be told 

 that a race of men exist who have never learnt 

 to walk we should be about as much surprised 

 as the Bedouin is. 



Our leading authorities upon the history of the 

 thoroughbred are unanimous in asserting that 

 until about a century and a half ago the thorough- 

 bred was unknown in America. 



Yet among the famous descendants of the first 

 thoroughbreds imported into the United States 

 we find horses of world-wide renown, such 

 animals, for instance, as Iroquois and Foxhall. 

 These two horses are especially worthy of 

 mention, inasmuch as they achieved success that 

 came near to being phenomenal. 



How remarkable the development of the 



