Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1835-10-19
From Porer's Eetter. from CoHAtontnSpit.
GENUINE ARABIAN UORSE.-IiOW
DISTINGUISHED.

DlN l.N' loIlID.
Abou, month slnce, | saw a singusry bvauti-
iul ght ohesnut ,orrc horse, standing in NV yard
10 one WI, holding him, hi, bride lay ing over
hi. neck, and tie person having charge OF him
wa. standing behind him, plating his beautiful long
.ilky tail, which tralcd the ground hc appear
ed TO BE- lill of lie, spirit and Intelligence, and
w docile is dog.
There something 50 fascinating in the APP
pcurance of this animal, something yalrIc-likc
that | WIS determined, II he WI, ior sale | would
have him, come que coatc. iis aye a,ocrtainrd
To be : lltle over seven years, He had come from
the city Of Sulcmanch, III Thauli,tan, which is a
y osinc- bordering ON Persia ,lde, and on
the otter side BY the Plehc ot Bagdad which
latter border, on the great desert Of Arabia. The
horse belonged 10 an Agha who had recently airi-
,c1 from thence he sad his horse wa, a little
sick, and would not eat, an tina, the Agha was
compelled 10 return Immediately, he had offered
the horse Tor d sum, which NJ one knowing the va
, luc oil Ihadistan horse could rclIs' to eive. |
FINAL, closed the bargain Tor the horse, adding Il
prescott vi two hundred and fifty piasres 10 the
groom. After trying the horse under the saddle
and approving oil his ga t. aud leetncs,, sen, for
the Sultan, ilrrier, who, the moment he saw the
horse, pronounced h,m not only pure Arabian,
but beautiful one, and sld tia, he he had seen
but one 81 pure before III his life.
now sent immediately 10 the \ pha to rcau,t
him, If IN his power, 10 give me the pedigree OF the
horse; he sent me word that liz did not know hi,
pedigree nor did the person from whom he bought
hlnl-tha the kurds when thc} stole horse stole
only the best, and did not stop II enquire after the
p, digrcc b If wished To satisfy m, sell that the
horse oi pure Arabian breed, | must examine
his neck ON both sides of which should find a
beautiful natural Tree, projecting upward, from
hall way down the ncck and that ] should find
spur. on In, ictIoch POINTS, both Of which were Ger
tam indications 0i the purit, OF his blood.
About hall way down his neck, a few niche,
from the name, on both sides, found a dark spot
rather argcr than duck shot, destitute of hair :;
but around hcsr TO the 81 OF adollar the short and
silky hair made several eccentric turns then shot
up towards the carr IN the form OF an ostrich plume
nothing can be more beautiful.
On examining the i,tlocks, found that he had
on each oi the fore, spur of two inches long, of
the size OF my little finger at the root gradually ia
Perng to a point, and turning up hike those of
eoek. On the hind ietlo Is werc til, same, but
not more than halt the length--lll were slight,
irineed about the foot with soft silky hair
On being satisfied OF the value of this horse
which circumstances had placed in my pos,c,soa
told the doctor To go 10 WORK and cure him il pos
s'bls lie felt oi Ia, legs, then examined hi,
mouth, aud felt h,s ears and turning 10 me said
' ''ao '''' S"'ht "e"hh' WHICH, when tran,la-
c"' ''e'"' ',' 'Hr poh' Oh pone eve never having
.'"'a W s"'n o'seaNr' asked nm what II was
ne '"' MS niger INTO the lower part OF the horse,
eye, and turning the lower lid wrong side out, de-
SIRED me 10 ircl oi IT, did SO, and iclt hard bony
substance the hd was much n'i'amcd lie now
THRUST Il needle WIN morse mar through the black
m oi 'he inner M, ana pulling It ont OF the eye,
cut 'hcro'rom the pony substance. The eve bcd
perhaps ha'i spoonful he performed the same
operation on me other eye, alter winch he blew up
caoh h"Nuh 'nrou2h a snort req, about spoonful
Oh p",h' ''"m ana mack pepper, which brought on
Nlocnt HhreA'h@. lie men directed that some
gallc, vinegar ana salt, should be mixed With
knd OF RED cafi', winch Ia the appearance of red
ocn'e' ana ,'''' ms mouth should be washed with
n''r'e OF 'o"f tunes day Tor Tour OF five days
Tic new 'car'ncl MS mouth and put Inn into III;
Nao''. We nave followed ms directions, and the
horse, that Tor long time past, would not touch
well.
This disease and the mode of treatment !, TO
mo altogether newt may NOT be an IN ,tb,rx
From the INQUIRE, have made nm, >,,;si,J ,b,,
in ten day, more the horse would bo,,. hoo, rim,
rd--,hc larrirr said he would h,y, h,o, n ,,..
The disease, it i, said, i, BROUGHT ON bv s,r,,;n,nn
their ewes IN an.ious WATCHING for their t,,J 4
Turkish horse is double, hal,,rcl +, both ends ,f
hi, trough So that he cannot turn hi, head uh;rh
OF course brings prcnt strain ON ,hr ,v,. ,h,, h..
lhavc measured this horse from tho shoul,lor# :,