THE GRIFFIN'S CATECHISM. 41 



What gives a horse a fine forearm ? Blood. 

 What gives a horse a flat shank -bone ? Ditto. 

 What gives a horse a wiry limb, and large back 

 sinews ? Ditto. 



What is the real meaning of blood ? Blood. 



Blood is shown in Premier and Perfection, pp. 52 

 and 53 ; Half-bred, in Water Proof, p. 53 ; and No 

 Blood, in the Frontispiece. If you are so dull of 

 comprehension that you cannot understand the mean- 

 ing of it from all these drawings, assisted by all the 

 foregoing explanation, confine yourself to a tattoo or 

 screw ; you were never born to display Perfection. 



To decide upon the exact quantity of breeding every 

 individual horse may possess, is another affair. The 

 numerous shades of difference from the lowest caste up 



through the half and three-quarter bred to the highest 

 caste, complicated as they are rendered by a greater or 

 less degree of good and indifferent build attached to 

 each, makes that impossible ; it can only be known to a 

 certainty by the breeder, where the pedigrees have been 

 accurately noted down from generation to generation; 

 and in India, so long as all pedigrees are taken upon 

 trust, these intermediate shades of distinction must al- 

 ways remain a matter of opinion; but I do not hesitate 

 to say, that if you are unbiassed, one month's study and 

 reflection of the first part of this book will, as far as this 

 blood or caste, and the build are concerned, enable you 

 to purchase for yourself without disappointment. 



A high-caste Arab, for a Racer, Charger, or Hunt- 

 er, should therefore possess the following points : 



RACER. 



Long quarter ; straight spine ; well set-on tail, and 

 not too bushy. 



