Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1860-12-06
Arabian Horses.

Capt.. shaksp eare, III book entitled HE
Wild Sports Of India, with remarks on the
Breeding and Rearing Of Horses" &C,
makes the following comparison Of the
arabian and English race-horse; .-..4.a
The points Of the highest. caste Arab
horse, As compared with the English thor
oughbred, are IS follows: The head is more
beautifully formed and more intelligent;
the forehead broader, the InHzzie hner, the
eye more prominent, more strengthening
in repOse, more brilliant whom the animal
Is excited. The ear is more beautifully set,
and of exquisite shape and sepsitiVeness.
On the back of the trained hunter, the ri
der is scarcely required to keep his eye
on ANYTHING but the ears of his horse,
which give indications of everything that
his eyer-Batehful eye catches sight or The
uostril is not always so open in a state of
rest, and indeed often looks thick and
closed; but in excitement, and when the
lungs are in full play from the animals
being at speed, Il expands greatly, and the
mem brane shows scarlet rs ii on fire. The
game-cOek thrOttle-that most exquisite
formation of the throat and Jaws of the
blOod-horse-is not so commonly seen in
the Arab as In the thoroughbred English
race-hOrse; nor is the head quite So lean.
The jaws, for the size of the Lead, are per
haps more apart, giving more room for the
expansion of the vindpipe. The point
where the head Is put on the neck is quite
as delicate as In the English horse This
Junction has much more TO do with the
mouth of the morse than most people are
OF, and on Il depends the pleasure or
otherwise Of the rider. The bones, from
the eye down towards the lower part Of the
head, should not be too cOncaye, or Of a
deer's form; for this in the Arab, as in the
English horse, denotes q violent temper,
though il is very beautiful to look at Pro-
eeedingtO the neck, we notice that The
Arab stallion has rarely the crest that an
English stallion has. He has q strong,
light and muscular neck, 8 little short per-
haps compared to the ether, and thick. In
the pure breeds, the neck runs into the
shoulders very gradually; and generally, II
the horse has very good crest, comes
down rather peFpendic1larlyin into the shout
ders; but often, II he is a little eWe-neeked,
which Is not uncommon with the Arab, il
runs too straight, and low down into the
shoulders. The Arab horse, however, rare
" carries his head, when being ridden. so
high In proportion as the English. He is
not so well topped, which Iattribute to the
different way be is reared, and to his not
being broken in regularly, like the English
horse, before he Ia put to work. His
shoulders are not so Aat and thin, and he
is thicker through IN these parts generally
for his size than the English thoroughbred
horse His girth does not show so deep,
that is, he es not look so deep over the
heart; but between the knees and behind
the saddle, where the English horse very
often falls of, the Arab Is haFrelribbe6: and
this gives him his wonderful endurance.
aud his great constitutional points. This
also prevents him IRON getting knocked
up in severe training or under short al
lOwanee of food, and in long marches. His
chest Is quite broad enough and deep
enough tor either strength or bottom. The
scapula, or shoulder-blade, l., both in
length and backward inclination, com
pared to the hUTaerus, or upper bone Of the
arm, quite as fine in the high caste Arab as
in the English horse, while both bones are
generally better furnished with muscles,
better developed, and feel frmer 10 The
hand. But some of the very fastest Arabs
have their fore legs very much under them,
indeed so much, that no judge would buy
an English horse so made, Yet, whether
it be that this iOVin admits OF the Joints
between these bones becoming more
opened, when the horse extends himself,
or whatever be the cause, IL Is a laet that
bioOd-hOrses thus made are almost always
fast horses. The upper part of their shout
Qer-NlhQc zcElu1 ~ IAu y-Nh hAACA tAN
front Part Of the saddle, when they are go
ing their best. This formations most com
mou Ia the Arab, and apparently
makes up to him fOT bis deficiency in
hight. The very finest actiOned Arabs
have had this peculiarly OF form. They
are ant to become chafed at the elbow
points BY the girtbs, and almost require to
have saddles made on purpose for them
The elbow point, that essential bone,
which tor the sake Of Leverage should be
prominent, is fine in the Arab, and gener.
ally plays clear Of the body. The fore arm
is strong and muscular, and Is pretty long;
the knee square, with a good speedy cut
for the size Of the animal, equal TO the
English horse. while below the knee the
Arab shines very conspieuoVsly, having q
degree of power there, both In the suspect
sor ligamenis ard fexor tend0ns, far su-
periOr, IN proportion to his size, 10 the
English horse. These are distinct and
away from the shank bone; they give q
very deep leg, and act mechanically TO
great advantage. The bone looks smau,
butthen Il is very dense, the hollow which
contains the marrow being very small, and
the material solid, more like ivory than
bone, heavy and close grained. The hexsS
tendOns are nearly as large and thick as
the canon bone. The pasteTns and their
Joints are quite in keeping With the bones
above them, and are not so long, straight
and weak a. those Of the English horse.
The feet are generally in the same proper
ton; but the Arabs themselves appear to
be very careless in their treatment Of them.
The body or eeuter.Pisee Of the Arab