136 THE HORSE 



I cannot say that I expect to see much use made 

 of Arabian blood in the near future, much as I 

 would like to see it tried, for in horse-breeding, as 

 in other things, habits of thought become strongly 

 fixed and there is also comparatively little Arabian 

 blood in the country. I believe that interest in it 

 is growing, however. 



Meanwhile we must confine ourselves to the 

 strains of blood that are already available. And 

 no one who sees such horses as " Glorious Thunder- 

 cloud," as well as many others of like type can 

 doubt the ability of American blood to produce 

 the highest type of carriage horses. What is now 

 most needed is that greater fixity of the carriage 

 type which can only come through continued 

 breeding with only this type in view — a result 

 which we have every reason to hope for in the near 

 future. 



