The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1851-06-13

DAYS 'oge'her--all the fine night an
day-with fresh horses put in every for
or flye hours, and yet without any sens
Die fiagglhg Of their speedAwiihout The
having been sufficiently pushed to prever
them ffom stopping occasionally to graz
and drink. Their great powers ofendu
sance will not be particularly wondere
al when you remember tile history Z
their origin. satos ~ 9il5 I
II will be recolIected that the adyen
tuiers who, lured by the golden stories q
the earliest navigators had thrown owe
the New World, had been induced 4
attach themselves 10 Join the e1peditio,
OF Cottez, were cavaliers, the dissolut
sons Of The noble families Of Spain-wh,
expecting 10 fettieve their desperat,
fortunes by the realization Of enormou
wealth, strained The credit Of their friend.
to the last pitch, that they might equiy
themselves with sp]endor worthy O
their rank and the glory Of such an en-
terpfise. '2'.'7 D''.-'' .''-' ~ ''1
Those were the palmy days Of Spanish
power, and her nobility could command
the choicest resources Of the Old World
and, naughty and luxurious as they we're
of course nothing short Of the puIest and
far descended blood of Barbary and the
Deserts could prance beneath their purple
housings. Steeds, whose descent-could
we believe the guam. old chroniclers ol
the time--@rhight be traced, without spot
or blemish. back to the veritable pair who
shook the drops ofthe Flood from their
names and breasted its devouring waves
successfully-were the companions of
the mad coxcombs on their perilous voy :
age. F,5 y-,a a,,.oa.t.. :.
You will remember that their appear.
ance on horseback alarmed the simple
natives even more than even their pole
faces >and thunder. They considered
horse and rider as one animal---like the
cen!aur Of the Greek, a supernatural one
and sent them human victims for food
10 proptiate their wrath .,o.at Il
These facts all prove that there was not
even tradition OF the existence OF such
an animal on cur hemisphere a. that
lime. g-D '..F W5to s5"
1t will be recollected, finally that, led
on by remorseiess avarice, which even
The Palace Halls Of Montexuma, heaped
10 the ceiling with ingo,s, could moi
louca, they penetrated far into the inter-
or, in the fantastic search of moantains
whose rocks we're of the precious metal
without alloy, and rivers whose beds
were amethyst aad pearl and glittering
dust, aad that, Instead Of the realization
Of these gorgeous fancies, they met with
fierce tribes, amidst the crags and valleys
who cut them to pieces. Blu, these war.
like men exhibited The same terror and
astonishment a, the sight Of aie Horse.
And the gallant beasts, as their riders
fell, we're permitted, by the supetstitious
TO gallop away for a new life
upon the wide savannahs be-
low. .l'na.. laa.nai 20 rtf
There were several entire parties Of
The cavaliers killed TO man, by these
mountain hordes, all Of whose horses es.
capped, These bounded away joyfilly
with neighlngs until they reached the
luxuriant pasture of the plains, and then
fell to work 10 multiply and 10 replen-
ish. a,I .f.a.. '.,l .4 s...d .., .s.r.,
From this royal lineage the wild horse
OF both continents has undoubtedly de-
scended. They spread gradually, from
The pampas ofCalifornia TO the bleak and
sterile ridges of Canada, where starvation
and the cold dwindled them down to the
shaggy pine knot Of a Poney, retaining
still the bright, prominent eye and devil
ist, ihdomi.able spirit of their ancestry.
So you see the pedigree Of the Mustang
is more Immaculate than that Of the
proudest winner of a hundred fields. =
But independent Of these historical facts,
no man who is familiar with the Arab,
can cast his eye over a "cavyard" of
Mexican mares who are unndulterated
without being instantly struck
by the remarkable resemblance between
The two races.3 lai.g in.sairis.a .,s ;:.j
You see there the same long and rather
angular outline--ihe same thin wavy
name, sometimes from two to three feet
10 length--the same silky coat--the
same round, fiat hoof, the bushy fellock
and the spur distinctly defined-the'sam
round, straight foreleg aud short postern
1.-The same greyhound hams, and some
what ragged hips-the same long coup.
Iing--the same fine ear--thin head
rather heightened for symmetry--wide.
elastic nostrils, and deep mouth; bur
foremost Of all, the prominent socket,
he wide, openlid, the large eye-ball, lit
with tameless but not vicious fire, with
is free play shelving the broad stripe Of
creamy white; and when they drink,
which they do but once day, the same
rick of plunging the nostrils up to the
eyes in the water and swallowing in huge
yulps. III asb 4
Then mount one, and if you can sick
here, you will find the same analogy
sustained. Day after day, in a long