The English have for 

 long been famous for 

 their devotion to horses 

 and their experience in 

 breeding. As far as the 

 English thoroughbred 

 is concerned the most 

 important event un- 

 doubtedly took place at 

 the beginning of the 

 eighteenth century when 

 three famous Arab stal- 

 lions were imported, 

 namely, the Byerley 

 Turk, the Darley Arab- 

 ian, and the Godol- 

 phin Arab. It is now we 

 who export breeding 

 stock, and buyers from 

 all over the world at- 

 tend the bloodstock 

 sales at Newmarket. 

 There is money in it, 

 and this chestnut foal 

 by Fair Trial out of 

 Monsoon was sold to 

 an American buyer for 

 19,000 guineas, the 

 largest sum ever paid 

 for a foal at an auction 

 in this country. 



There's hard work in 

 it, too, and the training 

 of a racehorse is a skilled 

 and delicate job. 



