Show We notice in the papers and among men that the word thoroughbred Is I applied to animals of all kinds that arc of pure strain Thus there arc thoroughbred thor-oughbred Hambletonlnns thoroughbred thorough-bred Clydesdales Shires Percherons I etc This Is not quite right The word L I thoroughbred In its original sense I when applied to liors > cs means or should mean only pure bred descendants I I descend-ants of Arabian sires horses of Lexington lex-ington Salvator Flying Fox and Hamburg Ham-burg blood Old Hamblctonlan was not a thoroughbred but the result of happy and scientific crossing of blood horses with coldblooded steppers A Per I I chcron may be a pure bred horse but > he IB not a thoroughbied for that title j I I attaches rightfully only to the desert i I bred Arabian and his descendants 1 |