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ARAB-AMERICAN HORSES EXCELLENCE. Although never bred to as great an evteut in America .is in England, many good Arabian borsiS have boon brought over and their intiuence is very I .i, , -.1,1... especially in the old Morgans. Jbey have ais.r In ii used at different times to improve almost every tjpo — draught hoists, roadsters, etc. Tm famous Bray chancer ridden by Gcm-ml Washington in the Revolution was a son of Ranger, a desert-bred Arab thai was Imported to New London. Conn., about 17;r . In 1S37 Commodore Elliott brought in a number of autre* and stallions, but, although recorded in Brace** American Stud Book, their disposition is not noted. Keene Richards also ■ nude some potable iinportations in 1S54. but unfortunately practical!] all wire lost in the civil war. Altogether in the century between 17iu and isoo. forty-two Arab horses and twelve mares are known to bare boon imparted to the United states, meaad-iug those presented to General Grant by the Sultan of Turkey. Most of the best pure Arabs in the country are related to these. Of late years the greater number of Arabs have come from England justed of direct. thaagll a few breeders have gone to Arabia for them. The practice Of crossing Arabian horses with American thoroughbred* thai are used for speed lias become quite common of late years, for as a mull of Iiki much inbreeding and exaggerated do jrejopmeat along racy linos the thoroughbreds have become high strung animals, in many cases verging on nervous arrack*. At the pee—at time there are several farms in this country which are unite successful in breeding pure Arabs with other horses for various purposes. It is a mistaken though common opinion that all Arabs arc either spotted or white. in the contrary, there are BO spotted horses in Arabia, and the only while animals are those that change from the gray in old age. It has been estimated that about 50 per cent, are bays, ."ill per cent, grays and 21 | cr cent, cheat nuts, with an occasional black or brown. One of the ways ef t. lling Arabian blood is by the color of the skin rather than the COlac of the hair. The skin is always slate color, without the slight est spot of white or any other color. Arabian horses bare been definitely traced back as far as MSB B. C. to live beautiful mares owned by- one Itabiab. a contemporary of King David. These live ale the foundation of all our present day-Arabs, their proaeay having been bred in Arabia. without taint of foreign blood, for over 3.000 years. While the Arabs have always guarded their horses very carefully to keep the blood pure, and while their ways of rearing bare been such as produced :i tin.- and hardy race, their method of selection of individuals for breeding never greatly modified the breed.
