The Arab horse, the thoroughbred, and the turf

Abstract

CHAPTER PAOS FOREWORD .... - - V PREFACE ------ ix I. INTRODUCTION - - - - X II. SOME TESTIMONY TO THE ARAB's EXCELLENCE - 5 III. A REVIEW OF SOME OF THE CRITICISMS OF MY FORMER BOOK ------ g IV. DISPERSAL OF MY PURE STUD - - -22 V. THE ARAB A LOW HORSE - - - - 29 VI. UNIFORM EXCELLENCE OF ARABS GATHERED FROM VARIOUS AUTHORS - - - "44 VII. EXCELLENCE OF THE ARAB, G\THERED CHIEFLY FROM VARIOUS NEWSPAPERS AND MAGAZINES - "77 VIII. ARAB HORSES AS PRESENTS - - - "9* IX. ARAB HORSES IN ENGLAND IN EARLY TIMES - 97 X. MR. WILFRID BLUNT AND PROFESSOR RIDGEWAY - IOO XI. HORSES IN ANCIENT ARABIA - I08 XII. AN OUTLINE SKETCH OF SOME EASTERN HISTORY - 120 XIII. A WORD OR TWO CONCERNING REVERSION - - I28 XIV. THE THOROUGHBRED ----- 134 XV. DETERIORATION, AS GATHERED FROM THE " TIMES " - I42 XVI. DETERIORATION, AS GATHERED FROM THE " AUSTRAL- ASIAN " - - - - - - I72 XVII. DETERIORATION, AS GATHERED FROM NEWSPAPERS GENERALLY - - - - - igl XVHI. DETERIORATION ACCORDING TO SUNDRY BOOKS AND MAGAZINES ..... Igy XIX. HORSE-RACING ..... 204 XX. CONCLUSION ------ 218