New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-12-26
IMPORTANT TO FARMERS.
on THE IMPROVEMENT OF TIE BREEL VI
HORSES.

correspondent, in susmi ting TO rs an ifquify ca
teced with the topic CO which we have recently pue
listed series Of papers, has in fac. pointed oui an
omission which bsd mace in thai seres, 30 that We
not only happy to reply 70 his question, bat are
glad tha; BY pref,rng his ,equss. he has given Us "a
opportunity Of rendering the papers in question more
pete and satisfactory. TIE point TO which he has
called our attention and 90 which be desires cur opn
op il the propiiety of breeding from the Arab horse
ievsral Of which he suggests hsye been recently i'm
ported into the United States, ard before the
pubic.
Its an ndi.puahle sct that al the excellence Of the
Ergi.h and American thorough bred horse derives
from oriental blood of the deser,, and originates, It is
believed in TIE admx.ure Of the various breets OF the
several countries to which the horse in its pures and
hehest form, las ffcm remote ages been Indigenous
TLe,e counties are Arabia Syria, Persia, Tu khtan,
tie BsrbsIy States Nubs ard Abyssinia all of which
have races neaIly connected with each other but sill
possessing distincs characteristics. There would sp
pear Of these races to be in the English !horough bred
horse-with which the American is identcal-s larger
proportion Of Barb than Of pure Arabian blood. The
celebrs,ed Gcdclphin is generally considered by the
NEST competsr. Judges to have been Barb. Fair
fsx's &c etrated horse wa. Barb, Greyhound was
Barb; the old Morocco mare was Barb; the Royal
mares imported by King Charles ii to which nine
tentbs Of cur modern thorough bred horses trace were
Tursian or Targier Barbs. The other most famous
progeltors have BEEN Turks as the Byery Turk, the
Lys,er or st,addlrg TUX, the darcy yellow Tux
Places white Turk and many Others. The most noted
Of the pure Asbians was the barley Arabian. And 1t
il, perhaps the most considerable opinion that the
gres' and upfivslled excellence of tbs English horse
arises from the fact that he is the offspring Of judi
cous crots of all the best Oriental races and mo-! the
produce OF 3 system of close in-breeding.
1t 10 worthy Of remark, however, thst although the
fact ia universally admitted that the whole original
excellence of the English thorough blood 10 attribute
bic to the blood of the desert aud although no horse
is to be held as Thoroughbred unless he trace in
both lines, paerna and maternal, TO that blood and
although many horses Of various Eastern and African
breeds have been constantly imported both into En-
gland and An erica during the last two hundred years
20 ore of them has improved the breed of horses
within the last century or perhaps two centuries So
low st present does modern Arabian blood stand in the
estimate of III gsh turmen, tina, horse begotten by
Turkish, Arab Barb or Persisn stslion, on az Eo.
elsh thorough bred mare receives, 10 the Goodwood
Cup and other races in which allowances are given,
"A lbs FEM all English bred racers; and horse be-
gotten by such stallon On maze of any one OF the
ssne races receives the advantage Of Is lbs
The facts h a. even with this enormous advantage no
horse 90 bred ever wins any plate or race OF con'd-
Grafton shows that the ditsste to the blsod is not
preiudce but is founded on valid Why this
should be 20 is net clear II appears however, to be
certain ard fixed rule of breeding that in order to
improve any race the higher and purer blood must be
On the sires side sot on the dams and that he must
be the superior animal. 1t is, think, now an iuds
putable ard urdensble fact that the nsish thorough
bred horse is in s respects, but especially 10 SIZE,
bone power ard beauty s-r~'is- --i--.i 90 Guy vi
the Oriental races aud consequently that bis blood
csrnot be improved by any farther sdmixure Of that
strain. Why this should be 80 canrOt clearly be
shown; but il arises probably from two CAUSES first
tie as the Mohammedan race has degenerated in in
telec'ual energy, in civilization and 10 power, the
breed Of horses used by that race has suffered cor
responding deterioration owrg 10 the want OF ineln-
gent breeding Of care of management, ano to the ic
ferorty Of their food siabrg and nurture; and, sec
ord, that the English aud American defendants ofthe
sane hoes have by tie vast attention given to breed
ing them only fiom che bes. and most choice parents
TO tbe, more generous nuriment better housing and
clothing, ard to the enlightened and scientific culture
which they have org received, been improved pro-
portion to the deterioration OF taeir ancestors.
No intelligent sportsman doubts tbatthe Enghss ana
American thoroughbred horse can beat the onentai
horse anywhere aud everywhere, and in al respects.
In Hndostsn, q. the European races, the whoe-ored
and even The telf-bred English horses invariably beat
the Indian Arabs; and very recently an English mare,
tsred BAR Nell. dsgraceiully beat all the Egyptian
B,rba tf All Pssha, who had challenged the English
Jockey Club TO trial match between English and Or
er,. horses 70, prize of flOO coo. The Jockey Club
declined 10 take up ,he match cJS lively because as
= body they do rot own race-horser, and Individually
because the nix c ruirng the best horses in race OF
e;ebt miles which was proposed, over the rough aud
,,onv or sandy desert, was held rightly to be too
Great 70 Justify the sending Of animals ot great value
Ia distant and barbsrous country. The EnglHh resi-
dents Ct Aexsnorie and Cairo, however, excited by
rational spirit ard provoked by the triumphant zone
% the Oriental resolved 70 test the question The
Irish mare Fair Nell was selected, which was not
,acer Of any tote or distinction and about which there
/. low zone dispute whether she Is or is 10. ac'niy
thoroueh-bred though she s known TO be very hishy
ard very well bred and the result was thai, vasy'o
the oiseust and dssppoLtmen. OF the Eeyp aos, sac
defeated all the lest Arabs OF the Pashss stad VIZ
perfect ease. Ii has been asserted ana 10 coDsan'y
uped by the fayoIers and defenders OF Oriental bood
tia. 10 horses Of really superior qushties OF decaso
excellence a. Arabs or BsIbs, have recently oesh I'M.
rorteJ ard that 10 this and 20 70 n.tur' or genera
rfercriy Of The Arab Oriental bose, IS the want OF
.rcce,s in breedlpg from him 10 be anbu,edi SUD s.
nat, # COLLIE every one who imports an Arab or
ps,b asserts that bis horse and biz only, is rea and
.b.oodod ainal. The plea is no., however,
valid ere; for Il ia no Likely, when srea. m'jony o.
tie horses imported from the East lto oo'h log ana
ard America have been gi.s Of Oriental potena'es 70
crowned heads or presidents, that no ore OF them
.hou,d have been valuable creature Sill ies' i'h
rtel, that obscure ard comparatively unknown modern