CHAPTER TWO 



ARAB AND BARB HORSES 



The Arab horse from Nejd and the Berber horse 

 from Barbary are the most interesting and most 

 important specimens of the equine race. This has 

 been the case as far back as the history of the 

 horse runs and tradition makes it to have been so 

 for a much longer period. And, moreover, these 

 horses in the perpetuation of estabHshed Euro- 

 pean and American types are as important to- 

 day as ever. From this Nejdee Arabian and Ber- 

 ber of Barbary have sprung by a mingling of 

 these ancient bloods with other strains, all of the 

 reproducing horse types of signal value in the 

 civilized world, including the Percheron of 

 France, the Orlof of Russia, the charger of Aus- 

 tria, the Thoroughbred of England, the Morgan 

 of Vermont, Mr. Huntington's rare but interest- 

 ing Clay-Arabians of New York and the Den- 

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