Contents. xi 



PART 3. 



CHAPTER I . 



The Arabian considered as a racer — Characteristics of Arab racing — His 

 speed considered — Account of various races contested by Arabs in 

 India — Racing sometimes slower in England — The normal speed of 

 Arabs increased by a better system of training — No effort made to 

 secure the importation of the best Arab horse — The European idea of 

 size detrimental to the importation of good Arabs — Ibraheem-bin-Alee 

 and Honeysuckle — The Arabs' King David and Antelope . PAGE 163 



CHAPTER II. 



The Arab as a hunter and charger — Considered as a hunter — Jurham and 

 the Forbes Cup — Considered as a war horse — Arab blood likely to give 

 better horses for cavalry and artillery — The French in Africa — Per- 

 formances of certain horses — Ninety-mile match across the Desert — 

 Match in Madras — Certain essential constitutional points more likely to 

 be transmitted to half-bred stock either as hunters or troop horses by the 

 Arabian than the English horse — Dissertation on the chest and its 

 functions —Proper fonn of chest : to be found in the Arabian horse — 

 Remarks by Youatt — The different formation in the modern thorough- 

 bred horse affects all other half-bred stock — The Arabian the founder of 

 the best breeds in India . ... . . . . . l8i 



Conclusion 194 



List of Arabians, Barbs, Turks, and Foreign Horses . 201 

 Pedigrees 207 



