Or compare the Flying Dutchman, 5 years old, 

 standing 15 hands 3 inches, carrying 8 st. Z\ lbs., 

 winning the 2-mile match at York in 3 min. 55 sec, 

 with the performance of the Arab Honeysuckle, 5 years 

 old, standing 14 hands i inch, carrying 8 St., winning 

 his 2-mile race in 3 min. 48 sec. ; and the old Arab 

 hunter Selim, carrying 9 st. 5 lbs., winning his 3-mile 

 race in 5 min. 54 sec. It is noteworthy that heavy 

 weights seem to have very little influence upon the 

 running of these Arabs. 



These examples are not offered to prove the Arab 

 as known in India a speedier racer than the best in 

 England, but I maintain they do show him to be pos- 

 sessed of speed, courage, endurance, and to be essentially 

 a weight-carrier, and worthy the name of a courser or 

 racer. You cannot call a horse that can do his 2 miles 

 in 3 min. 48 sec. or 3 miles in 5 min. 54 sec. a slow 

 horse. 



The Arab may not be so speedy as the racer bred 

 exclusively for speed for the last half-century, yet it 

 cannot be denied, the performances of Arabs compare 

 very favourably with those of English racers. 



An Arab has been brought from India, and very 

 occasionally trained, most likely when he has lost his 



