28 INFLUENCE OF THE TURF 



supposed to have been the last Eastern horse 

 of any note to be used in the stud, with the 

 exception of the Wellesley Grey Arab in the 

 last century." This notion he controverts, 

 and cites the names of the Damascus Arab, 

 1756, Hell's Grey Arab, 1765, and others. 

 Any horse of pure blood from the East is, it 

 should be understood, very properly admitted 

 at once to the " Stud Book " as thoroughbred. 

 Having thus briefly, but according to the 

 best authorities, reliably traced the influence 

 of the Turf from the first importation of 

 Eastern blood, Ave cannot but have arrived 

 at the conclusion that such influence has 

 been of the most beneficial character, so far 

 as regards the improvement of our native 

 breed of horses. When we reflect that every 

 hack that has given us a pleasant ride, 

 every hunter that has carried us safely and 

 comfortably with hounds, as well as all the 

 harness horses that, through the long period 

 which elapsed before the adaptation of steam 



