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Show ORIGIN Or THOROUGHBRED. Can Be Traced Back to Arabian, Turk or Barb Stock. Tho Amcrlcau thoroughbred Is do-sconded do-sconded from tho English thoroughbred, thorough-bred, nnd tho latter Is mado up by blood almost wholly from Arabian, Turk or Barb Btock. Tho English stud book for thoroughbreds ,1s not opon to any horso that has had an out-cross out-cross of common blood during tho past hundred years or moro, and It Is doubtful If ono having an out-cross ICO years back would bo recorded. A referonco to tho lists of horses In English Eng-lish racing stables nt tho tlmo tho thoroughbred was brought to tho front will Bhow that tho originators do-pended do-pended almost entirely on tho horses brought from tho orient, and of tho threo gcnoral classes mentioned. Tho Amorlcans huvo grently Improved Im-proved on tho original thoroughbreds by selecting and to somo extent by crossing with Arabian horses of flno typo. This practlco has not boon common of Into years, for our breeders breed-ers havo formed tho opinion that thoy can do llttlo more for tho breed by importing Arnblnn horses. By selection, selec-tion, tho quality of tho thoroughbred Is now so high that It Is believed that In bringing in moro foreign blood, oven of tho Arabian breeds, there Is danger of deteriorating It. Tho Amorlcnn trotting horso wns dovolopcd from tho thoroughbred, oi rather as n strain of thu thoroughbred. Constant selection has mado this horso tho most Important of tho thoroughbreds, thor-oughbreds, not only for races, but also for tho saddlo nnd carriage |