Belka, Great Endurance Test, 1921

The photo below, by Sport and Press General Agency, comes from the article, ‘Arab Horse Society’s Endurance Test’, printed in the 7 October 1921 edition of the Live Stock Journal, The original caption reads: Belka, Mr. H. V. M. Clark up, in the concluding stages of the Arab Horse Endurance Test. This was the second of the three endurance tests held by the Arab Horse Society between 1920 and 1922. The first and the third were won by Shahzada (later exported to Australia), while the Crabbet-bred Belka won the 1921 ride, having finished third in the inaugural 1920 ride. The 1920 ride had been 250 miles, but in 1921 the distance was increased to 300 miles, with the horses covering 60 miles a day. Nine horses entered, all of them carrying 13 stone, or 182 lb, at the weigh-in. Six of the entrants were purebred Arabs. The article gives their names, ages, weight, height, owners and riders as below: Mr. H. V. M. Clark’s mare Belka by Rijm out of Bereyda, 9 years, 798 lb. , 14 h. 3 in. (owner).Mr. L. Edmunds’s stallion Shahzada by Mootrub out of Ruth Kezia, 9 years, 777 lb., 15 hands (Mr. Morgan D.…