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cellence. Of course, all of the English Thorough- 

 breds were rich in the blood, Messenger among 

 them. They came also into Canada with the 

 French, and the Spaniards who had crossed the 

 Mississippi and gone to California from Mexico 

 brought many horses all presumably of this 

 breed. The hardy Mustangs of the West, which 

 were a very distinct type, were evidently de- 

 scended from the castaways of the Spanish ex- 

 plorers. To President Jefferson there came a gift 

 of Arab stallions and mares. These were sold and 

 the money turned into the treasury. After Ibra- 

 heem Pasha overran Arabia in 1817, and took 

 several hundred head of Nejdee horses to Egypt 

 it was easier for a time to buy them for exporta- 

 tion. And from there at about this time there were 

 several importations into America. This supply, 

 however, was soon exhausted, as the Egyptians 

 are not skilled horse breeders. Besides, the 

 French got the pick of this captured lot. 



Then again, Teysul, King of Nejd, made a 

 present of forty stallions and mares to Abdul- 

 Azeez, Sultan of Turkey, From this source came 

 Zilcaadi, the grandsire of the great Morgan horse 



