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more readily appear than perfections. Pedigrees of 

 some, if not of all the horses and mares which, although 

 foaled in England, appear to have been entirely of 

 Arabian, Turkish, and Barb blood (these were racers, 

 stallions, and brood mares in the beginning of the last 

 century and the latter end of the preceding one), have 

 also been added, as well as a catalogue of most ; and I 

 believe, as nearly as possible, a complete list of the 

 Arabians, so-called Arabians, Barbs, and Turks, which 

 were employed in the formation of the English stud, 

 from the time of King James I. to the end of the last 

 century. 



It will be seen the Arabians are in excess of either 

 Barbs or Turks. It would be wrong to encourage the 

 belief that Turks and Barbs were either Arabians or 

 even altogether of unmixed Arab blood ; and I think it 

 more than doubtful whether all those horses styled 

 Arabians were really so. Of the Darley Arabian we 

 are quite sure, and what a brilliant example we had of 

 his quality in his son Flying Childers ! 



It cannot fail to be noticed, there were but few 

 Eastern mares, and those were principally Barbs. With 

 one exception, the royal mares can only be considered 

 of uncertain origin. 



The Second Part, ' The History of the Arabian,' may, 

 perhaps, be considered rather long, but it is a subject 

 that might well be enlarged. My only regret is that it 



