THE HORSE OF THE FUTURE

BY

THE HON. SIR JAMES PENN BOUCAUT,

K.C.M.G.

SENIOR PUISNe Judge of the Supreme Court of SOUTH AUSTRALIA
AND HERETOFORE THREE TIMES PRIME MINISTER

OF THAT STATE

PREFACE

BY

SIR WALTER GILBEY, BART.

AUTHOR OF

RIDING AND DRIVING HORSES: THEIR BREEDING,' 'THE great horSE OR WAR Horse,'
'HARNESS HORSES,' 'YOUNG RACEHORSES,' HORSES PAST and present,' 'SMALL
HORSES IN WARFARE, HORSE-BREEDING IN ENGLAND AND INDIA, AND ARMY
HORSES ABROAD," HORSES FOR THE ARMY," 'THOROUGHBRED AND OTHER

PONIES, HUNTER SIRES

GAY AND BIRD

22 BEDFORD STREET, STRAND

LONDON

CONTENTS

CHAPTER

PREFACE BY SIR WALTER GILBEY, BART.

1. INTRODUCTORY

II. DETERIORATION OF THE AUSTRALIAN HORSE

III. DETERIORATION OF THE HORSE IN ENGLAND
IV. CAUSE OF DETERIORATION

V. THAT THE DETERIORATION HAS BEEN IN FALLING

AWAY FROM THE ARAB

VI. THE

EXCELLENCE OF THE ARAB ACCORDING ΤΟ
MAJOR-GENERAL TWEEDIE, GENERAL DAUMAS, AND
THE GREAT EMIR ABD-EL-KADER

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VII. SUNDRY ENCOMIUMS ON THE ARAB TAKEN AT RANDOM,

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