ARABIAN HORSES. 281 
India, of parents imported from England, bears un- 
mistakable evidence of his birthplace; and in the 
second or third generation the colonized thorough- 
bred loses all resemblance to the native English 
stock. 
No doubt, as the writer just quoted maintains, the 
race horse of to-day cannot be improved by an infusion 
of Arab blood. He is bigger, faster, than the Arab, 
and could beat him over any distance short of one 
hundred miles; perhaps indeed over any distance 
whatever. It is probably the same in regard to 
trotting horses; and yet, as’ I have mentioned, the 
Arabian formation, especially as it is found in the 
Anazeh family, closely resembles that of a typical 
trotter. Moreover, the Arabian trotting gait seems 
to be much the same as that of our horses. Thus 
Major Upton writes: “ When trotting, the hind legs 
of the Arabian appear to be, and often may be, too 
long, and there is too much reach for a pleasant trot- 
ting pace [not for speed]; yet with good riding some 
will trot grandly.” This is precisely what might be 
said of an American trotter if used as a saddle horse. 
However, the Arabian horses are deficient in trotting 
action forward; and on the whole it is very doubtful 
if any gain in trotting speed could be made at this 
late day by an Arabian cross. 
But if the object were, not to obtain a race horse, 
either at the running or trotting gait, but to produce 
a family of fine saddle or driving horses, especially 
the former, for general use, then indeed it might be 
well to breed from Arabian stock. Success would be 
certain. The only question would be whether you 
could reach your end the more quickly by this means, 
