The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-09-12

from 'ha celebrated AAo-sl- Ktdir On "a sun
jet Of tie AEatisu hose. The i,tter is se-
dressed 10 General Dauuas, aad Il reply |
20 certain Interrogaiorie- pfopeen9ed by the |
iaree 2e0tlemRn ia relation to The Arab horses |
OF A'geris, which, at tbe present time are at |
tracing TIE attention oi the Frcacb govern |
meat, who have already Instituted breeding |
studs 10 that coUntry WITH the most satisfactory
r,sulss.
The statements Ct Ahi = Kalir el.irely bear |
Gu. The op;piCns ard rerarks Published in this |
jaUrus, ~ 10 the prc-emiaance o! the Arabia |
horse over all otGer races aud breeds. The |
Dey asserts the Arabian to b. an orig;ua race |
and rot breed, ana to rave been ifss reclaim. !
cd AGA brought under subsection ~ ishmael |
the soa OF Abraham ana his handmaia, Hagar. !
Ishrael being regarded By the Arabs ~ ,he'r |
great Trosenitcr, il Il very natural they should
clam all that in their eyes should reflect aou"r
On his name. But the researches OF iata yours |
into the hidden treasures Of Nineyeh, have |
shown oonclusively that the Arabian, Or rather
Assy rian hcrse, had been subjected 10 TIE
power Of man long anterior to the time
| Of lshmael The magnificent stud Of Solo
mon, referred to by Abd-el Kadir, WAS de-
| rived from number Of horses seat ni,a a.
| p,esent lay the King Of Assyr.a, whose
| empire was noted for the number and quality
| of its horses. Assyriau horses and hocseneu
are constantly alluded to in sacred history. ans
the Jews seem to have been in continual dread
of the drinkers of the wind" 18th glory tf
whose nostrils is terrible!'
| Tie manner in which these horses found
their way into Africa is satisfactorily explained
by the ex,Dey, and his theory may be the true
one. 1t had been previously supposed they had
been introduced into Africa by the way Of
the Isthmus of Suez, narrow neck of land
| which separated Chaldea or ancient Mesopota-
mia from Egypt Both theories may be cor
| rect ard the introduction have taken place at
different ePochs, by the Red Sea as well as
through Egypt. ..
| From the known high qualities OF the Arab
surprising that all equestrian nations should
hare endeavorsd to avail themselves Of It's ad-
mit!e6 superioritysand procured them whenever
| practicable, at all hazards for the purpose of
intermixture with such indigenous races and
| breeds az were found in their Immediate locaii-
! ties This intermixture soon formed breeds as
| similating more or less to the Arabian in ap-
peaIance and quality, and known by different
| names-the name. Arabian being frequently
claimed for breeds possessing, in reality, but a
| fraction of that blood in the same way that the
| name OF Messenger is claimed for grey horses
| in this country. Numerous breedsQf ponies ex-
list in the East, extending even to China, many
of which exhibit traces Of Arab blood. But
such pony intermixtures are worthless to the
practical Anglo-Saxon, whatever value may at
tach to them elsewhere. AS stock horses they
are entitled to no greater consideration L this
country than go many Morgans.
II is very evident that a race possesses the ca
pability ofimpressing some of its peculiarties on
any breed with which 1t may be crossed. The i'll
success which has generally attended the i'm
portation Of horses called Arabian, into Great
Britain and this coustry, may Justly be ascribed
to the fact that they we're not well bred-that.
they were merely representatives. of certain
Eastern breeds impressed with Arabian blood,
and possessed to unpractised eyes its exter-
nal attributes only, while the pith and mar
course such horses could make no very ia
vorabe impression on racing stock, for the
simple reason that through the barley and
Godolphin Arabians-horses Of the genuine
stamp-the infusion o; Arab blood was as great
In the English and American racehorse as It
was in those by which it was sought to be i'm
proved whilst, Of the came time, the speed was
greater.
The Godolphin and barley Arabians are the
very corner stones upon which'the superstruc-
ture Of the modern racehorse has been built
We want more Of tuch horses If they can be
found for already the lack Of Arabian blood
In our raceborses is distinctly visible in their
weak legs, fat tender feet, ard defective wind.
Neither English nor American racers are what
they should be-but the English are much the
worse Of the two, and have little else than an
uncertain amount Of speed at short distances
and In single heats 10 recommend them
Strength, durability and hardwood have been
sacrificed to speed. Like the dog and the
shadow. the actual has been sacrificed to the
ideel. Not one in hundred OF The horses
bred in this country for the turf are ct to
contend 10 q four tuile race. tun IN heats
We know Of none at oil In Great Bfitaiu
The stories about bandaged legs. tender feet.
blindness, colds coughs, &c., tell their own
tale. The breed Il trograding-rcsolyilg
Itself into first principles the Arabian blood
which formerly sowed through the veinsOf a lin
tied number Of racers, il now running through
= thousand channels, aud becoming every
moment still more diluted and weakened
However correct the principle aud practice
Of continued inaad In breeding may be when
applied to races. jet Il is reduced to mo-