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blood, especially in the female line, that a promis- 

 cuous use of it is not satisfactory, and that an affinity 

 blood is essential. " 



Then he adopted the methods employed in the 

 Old World? 



" Exactly so, and as here the Clay, Morgan, and 

 Gold-dust families are strongest in the Arab blood, 

 he selected virgin mares to mate with General 

 Grant's Arabs, and was fortunate in the get of one 

 filly and three colts. While these were growing he 

 interbred these three families, getting a harem of 

 fillies which at maturity he mated with the sons of 

 Leopard and Linden Tree. The result was the 

 foundation of a superb stud of thoroughbreds." 



Why do they refuse to sell these horses? 



" Because it is desirable to have a family so large 

 that it can reproduce itself, then the annual sales need 

 not weaken the strength of the plant. By close breed- 

 ing with this Arab blood, the animals he might sell 

 in the one blood will be so near to the primitive, that 

 the improved results will be positive, and will, there- 

 fore, benefit any community into which they may 

 be introduced." 



Then the object of this company is to breed such 

 perfect horses from the Arab as to elevate the blood- 

 standard in the United States. 



" You have said it, madam, and it can only be re- 

 garded as a national triumph to breed a pure type 

 that shall with certainty reproduce itself in any coun- 

 try, and to perpetuate it until it shall be known, 

 recognized, approved, and earnestly sought for by 

 every other nation as the American horse.'' 



