28 HORSE-BREEDING FOR FARMERS CHAP. 
the enormous influence and power of English blood ; 
they saw that this was due to the General Stud Book 
and the Racing Calendar—the two peerages of English 
horse-breeding, one recording purity of lineage and 
the other measuring its worth and power. But they 
observed that the modern policy of promoting pace 
at the expense of the other advantages that purity 
of blood can give, has deprived the English Thorough- 
bred of a large measure of its use. They, therefore, 
endeavoured to restore it, and, I think, have suc- 
ceeded to a large extent in forming a thoroughbred 
race which has much of the potential influence of the 
best type of Thoroughbred without its defects in 
reference to general utility. The Anglo-Arab is full 
of courage and strength, is hardier than the English 
Thoroughbred, and more fully developed than the 
Arab, Less docile than the Arab, he is less fastidious 
and has fewer needs than the English Thoroughbred, 
and thrives on inferior nourishment. Probably more 
time is required than has yet expired for a new 
breed to produce the stallion that can be absolutely 
counted on to stamp his stock. 
At Pompadour, in France, two stallions were, 
however, produced in the second generation, which 
being bred into fixed the stamp of the Anglo-Arab. 
The process by which the breed was originally 
created was as under :-— 
1st Generation— Produce 
English stallion F . . $English 50 
Arab mare. ‘ ; ‘ . 4 Arab cof 
2nd Generation— 
English stallion . ; . 2English 75 
Anglo-Arab mare. . ‘ } Arab 25 
