I INTRODUCTION 5 
have been a noble animal, possessing beauty, strength, 
and quality,as no one can doubt who reads the Book 
of Job. 
Hast thou given the horse #zs might? Hast thou clothed his 
neck with the quivering mane? 
Hast thou made him to leap as a locust? The glory of his 
snorting is terrible. 
_ He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength: he 
goeth out to meet the armed men. 
He mocketh at fear, and is not dismayed; neither turneth 
he back from the sword. 
The quiver rattleth against him, the flashing spear and 
the javelin. 
He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage ; neither 
believeth he that it is the voice of the trumpet. 
As oft as the trumpet soundeth he saith Aha! And he 
smelleth the battle afar off, the thunder of the captains, and 
the shouting. JOB xxxix. 19-25. 
From a practical point of view, the Arab may be 
regarded as the one pure race in the world, having 
become saturated with his peculiar and superior 
qualities by centuries of inbreeding under careful 
selection. The impressiveness of the Arab sire is 
due (and this is mentioned in order to guide those 
who desire to maintain or cultivate other “ pure 
breeds ”) to— 
(1) The jealous care bestowed in selection and 
mating during hundreds of generations. 
(2) The conditions of his life and habits—bred for 
one trade, namely, to be the war-horse of the 
desert, he must have strength, pace, endurance. 
(3) The purity of the air and climate, as well 
as the wonderful pasture of the Euphrates 
valley, which assisted in no small degree his 
development. We find that even in some 
