, 1865-07-26
Arab and EnRll-h E10rSes-A Brutal
Test Hf Endurance

Halcm Pasha, an Egyptian prince, who Il
very near IN the line Of successors to the vice
regsl throne, offered the wager Off thousand
pounds sterling to one huudred that no Eug-
ltsh horse could be produced who would do
the same work that should ba done By q
purely Arab horse THAT he would ride ln q
weeks eazelle hunt in the desert that be
vas about to take. Nr. Ross, wealthy
English banker at Catro, accepted the bet.
The conditions were tha: tbs hunt should
last o week Il necessary for decision. TIC
prince was to 1ids hls own horse Ath'si e
pule Arab from Syria Of the Aber-Aryoub
Iace, white without mark, and Bsechnuf, the
English mare, sorrel, imported by Mr.
Ross about nine months before, wns to be
ridden on his behalf BY Ms. Edward Thomp-
the samo treatment and do the same work.
II, during the time named, one of the horses
died, the owner OF the survivor ,was to re-
ceive the stakes. II both horses died upon
the same day, Mr.. Ross {who WAS betting
only to 1o) was to receive the stakes.
The party galloped ont from Cairo on Sun
day evening, the f4th of My 1.-THE two cham
pIons eacL On their t1iaI-horse, )abouta . dozen
In1lts, to tue village Of -Katr-Abousir: where
they eneanpea for the night The aceouut
OF the next day VIC will translate from the
affidavit Of the Engllsn rider, contained In q
Rroees at1bds which was! drawn mp by II. de
1SseF H. Thaos1n at the Tsgass ot Sh sa Rs.s Mon,
day at suartse, half:past i've o'clock. The
two horses went together st equal speed for
fge hours. My mare WAS very uneasy. About
ELEVEN t'clock we fell In with 3 rnzeIle,
We all set of On gs1lop. Alter five minutes
Of puleuit the game was TAKEN BY the falcons
and dogs. A. halfpast eleven there Was
general start for the encampmeut, At . can
ter. after al hour and half OF this pace
for the Arab hose, and now and then a trot
for the English mare, the two gentlemen in-
ttrestt d being alone and lost In The dasert,
the msre began to fa1ter. The Prince wagn-
cd me that she was about to fall. 1 d,smount-
ed the Prince stopped his horse. We SOW
the noaTe fmme diateiy slnk under her fatigua,
aftes having made ! few steps, In spite Of nv
endeavors to excltu und sustain her. M OBJ
siacle could have prevented her fall. Seelug
that our Efforts to relieve her were useless,
we took off her saddle, which the Prince pla.
csd himself on his Own horse. We then made
our why on foot tnwatds the camp, which
MA reached after three hours' walking"
This curious deposition tells the whole
story, which is confirmed by other evidence.
The y eight Of the P, Incc With his saddle and
equipments was Is kIos. and that Of Mr.,
Thompson, With his, II kQot, or 10 about the
proportion Of Isl and 135 pounds. The otf.
cial report Of The veterinary surgeon, con-
fir1ued By thnt oF the Eogli:h groom, both
agree 10 stating that the dead mare appel
to have died oi fatigue. The groom states
that when he arrived the v1ltures had a.
ready eaten an eye and part Of q cheek.I It ls
difficult to see that this cruel experiment has
proved any Thing. and more 80 to discover
why srch expe, lments are called ''sport"
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