CHAPTER XXVIII. 



AMERICO-ARAB STUD. 



You have doubtless visited the stud on Long 

 Island where this family of Americo- Arabs is bred? 



" Only a few weeks ago I was there and examined 

 with great interest, the various members of this 

 unique family. Some of them were very handsome 

 animals." 



The beautiful mare, Naomi, and her filly, Ruth- 

 Clay, were there? 



" Certainly. Naomi is said to be the only Arab 

 mare ever imported to this country, no record of any 

 other having been found." 



It was with great difficulty and only through the 

 influence of powerful friends in Europe that the 

 president of the company succeeded in importing and 

 securing Naomi. 



"Yes, her arrival was a happy event, as Mr. 

 Huntington believes that the Arab is primitive and 

 perfect, and reproduces himself with all mental 

 and physical perfection ; that all of our values in 

 the horse, whether to trot, pace, or run, come from 

 the Arab, and that all good qualities are less or 

 greater, according to the amount of good Arab 

 blood. Crossings are but the dilution of blood cause. 

 He realized the necessity of having more pure Arab 



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