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Here we have a horse worthy to be put in the same 

 roll or category as Flying Childers, and the accounts 

 of their performances are very similar. 



Although numerous instances could be brought for- 

 ward, sufficient have been given to prove that the 

 Arabian is worthy to be considered as a race horse 

 himself, and is pre-eminently suited to found a breed of 

 thorough-bred racers. 



It is often urged that Mr. Attwood ' and General 

 Angerstein tried the Arab cross, and it failed. I 

 answer, they never tried breeding from Arabs on both 

 sides and cultivating the pure breed. 



The fact of the occasional produce of an Arab horse 

 and an English thorough-bred mare being unsuccessful, 

 by not showing the average speed of a racer, proves 

 nothing. Have such mares produced racers to other 

 sires .'' Some of those of the Angerstein cross have 

 run respectably ; some have been winners ; and Fair 

 Ellen, daughter of the Eastern horse called * The 

 Wellesley Grey Arabian,' was the dam of Lilias, winner 

 of the Oaks in 1826, and of The Exquisite, who ran 

 second for the Derby in 1872. 



It has been suggested that, although the horse bred 

 for racing in England may possess a higher rate of 

 speed than the Arabian, yet that the public may ofteti 

 witness races run by English horses in worse time than 

 that made by Arab horses in runnijig over like or similar 

 distances. The account of the running of some Arabs 



' Several of Mr. Attwood's, which were never trained, turned out 

 excellent hunters. 



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