The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware advertiser., 1825-11-10
Yhe Practical EarnAcr.

Among the ieading cnardcterlsties Vi A,ie
1oorkomans are their equestrian habits: MT.
Frazer observes that, !.
"All the men Of those tribes arc excel
lent horsemen, and possess race OF horses'
the excellence of which is celebrated all over
Asia. Those bred by the Iuckehs nave AT
present the greatest repute; only, oelleVe,
because being in greater numbers, there Is
a more extensive choice among them, for
the breeds are the same among them all.
They value size and bone much, but blood,
evinced by the power of enduring fatigue,
still more Size and bone appear to be IN
digenous to the horses of the country; figure
and blood are borrowed from the Arab, and
Nadir Shah took great pains to increase
these qualities by sending the finest horses
he could obtain from Arabia, to improve the
breed. After all, do not think that any
one accustomed to the symmetry OF the A
rab, or even the English horse, would con-
slider them handsome; the impression they
at first give is, that they are deficient i'll
compactness; their bodies are long IN pro-
portion to their breadth and bulk of carcase,
and they are not often well ribbed uh ; their
legs are long, and might be thought def
cient III muscle, generally falling off below
the knee they have narrow chests, nor is
their general breadth at all remarkable: I:
their necks are long, their heads large, hea-
Wy and seldom well put on; nor does the gen
eral appearance give the spectator the idea
of activity or heetness.-Such was the first
impression conveyed to me by the sight even
of the superior horses OF the Toorkomans;
perhaps the rather low condition they are
for the most part kept in, increased its unta-
vourlbie nature; and it was not for some
tins thlt the effect began to wear off, and
= ,,txfa Is tloo alp
to force themselves into observation. They
have large and powerful quarters resem-
bling those IF the English horse, the should
ers are often hae, their legs clean and strong.
and though generally spare of flesh, what
they have is firm and coed; and their size
un5nrthened with a load of fat, renders
them fit to support the weight of their RI
der and his burthen for an astonishing length
of time. ! do not by any means intend to
assert, that the want of beauty is universal;
on the contrary, | have seen some of the
Toorkoman horses very handsome; and
when they are in good condition, and we'll
Erooned, they certainly have great deal
offgure; aud on the whole approach more
TO the character of the English horse than
any other breed have seen in the East.
"Their powers Of endurance are indeed
almost incredible; when trained for shap-
pow or plundering expedition; they will car
ry their riders and provisions for seven or
eight days together at the rate of twenty
or even thirty furlongs CLOSELY, from 80 to
100 nilesl day. Their mode of training
is more like that of our pugistic and pedes-
trian performers, than that adopted for race
horses. When any expedition of great
length, AMI requiring the exertion of much
speed, is IN contemplation, they commence
nv +hoir dlp form
miles together; they feed them sparingly
on barley alone, and pile numuds upon them
at night to sweat them, until every particle
of fat has been rem we'd, and the flesh be-
comes hard and teudlnous of which they
judge oy the feel of the muscles particularly
on the crest, at the back of the neck, and
on the launches; and when these are suffi-
ciently firm and hard, they say in praise Of
the animal that 'hesh is marble. After
this the horse will proceed with wonder
full exposition and perseverance, for almost
any length of time, without either falling off
in condition, or knocking up, while horses
that set cut fat seldom survive. Upon an
occasion shortly before was in that part of
the country, when certain of the king
horsemen, with party of the Yamoot and
Gocklan, made a chappow on the Tuckeh
tribe, the former, who set out with horses
tat and pampereu, ioSt them almost every
one, wniie the Toorkomans, with their lean
but powerful animals, went through the
whole fatigue without inconvenience. They
are taught quick walk, light trot. or a
sort of .nble, which carries the rider on
ea,i!+. at the rate of six miles an hour; but
they will also 60 At round canter, or gal
lop, for forty or fifty miles, without ever
drawing britile, or showing the least symp-
tom fatigue. Toorkoman. with whom
I was talking on this subject with refer
encc to his own horse, offered to 60 from
Mushe,i to Fehran, or to Beckhara, neither
of which journeys is less than 500 miles, in
s days at f4rtaest; aud the possibility of the
feat was confirmed by hundreds. both Per-
slams and Foorkomans; indeed the distances
to which their chappows have frequ ntly
extended prove too fatally that the power
exists. But have reason to believe that
their 4aboos or g,,lloways, and large ponies
are folly as remarkable. if not superior, to
their large Ii rses, in their powers Of sustain
ing fatigue; they are stout, compact. spir.
tied beasts, without the fine blood of the
larglr br, eds, hut more within the reach oil
the poorer classes, and consequently used in
by far greater numbers than the superior
and more expensive horses. 1t is common
practice of the Ioorkomans to teach theii
horses to fight with their heels, and thus as
sist their master in tive time of action, ane
at the viii ot their ri ier, to run at and lay