The Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1850-1852, 1852-03-11

'o ~" "~ts VI toAiuhT lac Heluiafgte,
II extended itself into the east AZ far a,
Chiaa. The secoan, of lhis /. given
by lien konieihs, in his book entitled
IA MasiG.'
II is very true that, il al the horse,
OF Algeria arc Of Arabian blood, MANY
Of them are fallen from their noble
ness, becaus. they are only too gitcn
cmployed ia tiilase. In reiiiIage, In car
rying, in drawing loals, &c, because
thc mares have been subjected to the
ass ; whereas, no!hin, Of that sor,
was done among the Arabs of Old.
On this Point they say .ha, i. is cn-
oush for the horse, br.lto walk over
ti!iel ground to make lin lose some
Of his merit.
.,h;ss,, The following story ! & ,Is'd on the
~ man was travelling, mounted
on q b!ood-horse. ile is met By his
enemy, he also being mounted on a
noble course. The one pursues the
other, and he who gives chase is dis.
.anccd by him who flies. Despairinr
20 oYertake him, the pursuer cries:
Il ask thee, in the name Of tod.
has thy horse ever worked ?"
lie worked once for four DAYS.
Good n:..c has never worked :
and BY the Prophet, | ala certain to
oyertake thee.
Accordingly. he continues tho pnr.
suit. Towards the close Of tho day,
the fugitive begins TO lose, and the
pursuer to gain ground. lie soon
coa;rives to conc up well, and to fight
h'm whom lie had despaired of catch.
iny.
Ny father God have him il his
mercy > Vas wont to say No more
bicssin. is there on our country since
We have turned our war.horscs into
beasts of burden and Of tillasc. Did
notGoh make the horses for the charge
and the race, the OK for tillacc, and
the camel fer carrying loads ? There
is no gain in amending the ways Of
God
.. "ha: are our prccepts for the
nurture and nourishment Of our hor-
ses =!
Know that the owner Of a horse
gives him at first bat little barley,
augmcn'ing his ration by small guam,
titles, then diminishing it I, gain a lit.
tie as soon as the animal leaves any.
and finally maintainin:; the allowance
at that measure.
The best moment for giving barley
hsls ns IS s's1H s5ns to pbbe"s &c gained eyr rss@ s1
ing any in the morning. The saying
on this head is
The barley Of the mo.nin. is found
on the dupghilI the barley Of the
evening in the Group
The best manner of giving the bar.
ley is to give it to TIE horse saddlcd
and girthcd; as the best manner OF
watering lin is to water him bri~
died.
They say -
'Wate: With the bride, barley with
the saddle
The AraI5,4Ioyc all, prefer a horse
that eats little, provided he be not
weakened in consequence. He's say
ihey, a treasure beyond PRICE To
give horse drink at break Of day
makes hin grow thin; to give it 10
him in the evening makes him grow
fat and to give j, to him in the mid
die Of the day keeps him in his con,
di,ion.
During the great heats. which last
forty dsys, (sema'me) The Arabs va
ter their horses only once in two days;
and tLcy aver tina, tlis Iraciicc las
the best effects. In suAn.,r,au,umn
and win.er they give al armfu! Of
straw to their horses but the chieI
part o. lie food is barley, in prefer
ence to al! other substance.
! The Arabs have a saying
If We had not seen that horses be
get horses, we should say that they
were begot OF barley
, Again
Bay the big horse, barley wi
make him swift
OF forbidden oesAs.' say they
choose the !ightest.' Tha; is to say
choose the lighter horse horse flcsl
is lnterticted to the Mussulman.
! Among their further provcrb.
are
A man becomes a good rider on,
ly by having his bones broken repea,
edly.' Thoroughbred horses have
no malice The l.crses trained i
the masters honor Horses arc
birds without wings There j. noth-
ing dis,an, to the horse Those who
forget the beauty Of the horse for
that Of woman shall 10, prosper.
The horse knows the horse,nan.'
The holy Ben-el>Abbas (may God
be tlcased with him) has also said :
Love the horse. care for hin, spare
noi ycur paius.' &c.
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