The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1860-03-30
FARMERS COLUMN.
Written for the Manitowoe Pilot.
History of the Horse.
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lest records we have of the horse, trace
lim to Egypt, whence he gradually found
his way to Arabia and Persia, and the
provinces which were colonized from Egypt;
and thence to other parts of the Old World.
But Egypt is not now a breeding coun
try, and it does not appear to possess those
requisites which could over have constitu
ted it one. Without, however, entering
into the question whether the horse was
primarily the inhabitant Of some particular
region, whence other parts were gradually
supplied, or whether it was common to
many countries, but differing in each, |
have stated it to be probable that the horses
ofEgypt, the earliest on record, was derived
from the neighbouring and interior dis
tricts of Africa. Therefore, in giving
summary account of the most celebrated
and useful breeds of different countries it
is natural to begin with those of Africa.
At the head of these is the Barb from
Barbary, and particularly from Morocco
and Fez, and the interior Of Tripoli; and
remarkable for his fine and graceful action.
1t is rather lower than the Arabian, seldom
exceeding fourteen hands. The shoulders
are fiat, the chest round, the joints inclined
to be long, and the head particularly beau
tiful The Barb is decidedly superior to
the Arab in form but has not his spirit, or
speed, or countenance, The Barb has
chiefly contributed to the excelency Of the
Spanish horse and, when the improve
ment Of the breed of horses began to be
Systematically pursued in England, the
Barb was very early introduced. The
Godolphin Arabian, as he was called, and
who was the origin of some of our best
racing blood, was a Barb; and others of
our most celebrated turf horses trace their
descent from African mares.
More in the center of Africa, in the
kingdom of Bournou, is breed which
Mr.. Sully, in his almost romantic history
of Tripoli, reckons superior even to those
ofArabia or Barbary in the moro south
ern and western districts Of Africa and
particularly in the neighborhood of Guinea
the breed of horses is very inferior. They
are small, weak, unsafe, aud untractable,
The kingdom of DongoIa, and the neigh
boring districts lying between Egypt and
Abyssinia, contains a horse not at all like
any other oriental. The "DongoIa
horses stand full sixteen hands high, but
the length Of the body from the shoulders
to the quarter is considerably less, ther
form, therefore, is opposite to that of tie
Arabian or English thorough bred, which
are longer by some inches than they are
high. The neck is iong and slender, the
crest fine, and the wthers sharp and high,
giving a beautiful forehand but the brest
is too narrow, the quarters and tlanks too
flat, and the back carped. They would
constitute excellent war horses, from their
speed, durability, and size. RoSman,
whose descriptions prove him to be no bad
borseman, thus speaks Of them. but in
somewhat too flatterinp a manner. The
Donoola horses are the most norfect in tho
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