M THE HORSE 



heavier breeds. All this does not prove that the 

 Arabian is the best horse for all purposes ; on the 

 contrary, at the present age of the world, there 

 are only a few uses for which, when bred in his 

 purity, he is best adapted. But Arabian blood is 

 the leaven that leavens the whole lump, the element 

 without which our best breeds of horses could not 

 have been evolved. 



