62 MY horse; my love. 



mare now in the United States — was subsequently ex- 

 ported to Chili. Kouch and Kismet were admitted by 

 the Cognoscenti, to be the horses of this century, and 

 now both are gone. Kismet died two hours after land- 

 ing in New York, having been eighteen days at sea, 

 and dying, no doubt, of pericarditis." 



Yes, I heard with great regret of his death, which 

 was a severe loss to two continents. His owner, the 

 Rev. F. F. Vidal, of Needham Market, Suffolk, 

 England, yielded him up after the most earnest per- 

 suasions, as a loan to the Americo-Arab Company on 

 Long Island for two years, in order that new blood 

 might be infused into the coming races of horses in 

 America. Mr. Vidal himself wrote me that he was 

 actuated by a hearty sympathy, in the efforts of Mr. 

 Randolph Huntington and his company, to found a 

 family of Arab horses; and that Kismet was a treas- 

 ure of such inestimable value that he could never 

 forgive himself for letting him go to his death. 



** Did Kismet leave no successors?" 



Mr. Vidal owns a very handsome pure-bred son of 

 Kismet, *Svho," he writes, "bids fair to outrival his 

 father in beauty, although no horse can ever do so 

 in other qualities." His little stud of Arabs is said 

 to be the best in England.? 



Who are the other owners of Arab studs in England ? 



" The Hon. Miss Etheldred Dillon, who has spent 

 year after year in India, Algiers, Turkey, and 

 Egypt, going as far into Arabia as she dared, to secure 

 the precious sons of the desert for her stud, is also 

 an enthusiast. Although approaching three score 

 years, she is still a devotee of the saddle, and owns 



