THE ARABIAN HORSE. 93 



1 Hagar's desert Ishmael's plains ' never reared his superior. 

 A true Sh'rubah Er'vech (wind drinker) was he, such a one as 

 the brilliant Khaled, ' the sword of God,' the long-armed 

 Tarik, or the chivalrous Saladin might have bestridden in 

 some wild charge for Islam. Among his four-and-twenty vic- 

 tories, all achieved in the best of company, may be instanced : 

 The Poona Derby, the Dealers' Plate (Bombay), H.H. Agah 

 Khan's Cup, H.H. Alii Shah's Cup, the Gold Cup (Bombay), 

 the 100 Gold Mohur Sweepstakes, the Drawing-room Stakes, 

 the Welter, the Forbes Stakes, and the Winners' Handicap ; 

 his racing career closing with the easy defeat of the crack- 

 Madras horse, Risaldar, in a three-mile match. The artist, 

 as is his wont, has done justice to my prime favourite." 



-'A 



