, 1864-05-23
Horses.

Gen. Dumas, Of France, has published
a work upon Arab horses, with the com.
mrntaries by Emil Add FL Kader. We
copy Il e following. The Arabs thus define
the characteristics of the thoroughbred
horse:
"The thoroughbred horse is well pro.
p0rtiOned; his ears are small and in con-
stant motion, his bones massive, his cheeks
IN, ager, his nostrils wide as the throat OF
lion, his eyes bright, black, and levrl
with the head, his neck long, his chest full,
his wl,hers prominent, his Ions we'll knit,
his LAUNCHES strong, his fore ribs long and
the hinder ones short, the belly hollow,
the group rounded. the upper part Of his
legs like an ostricl's and furnished with
muscles like camel's, his hoOfs black and
Of uniform color, his hair fine and abundant,
his flesh firm, his tail very thick ut the
dock, hut Loose at the extremity. Looked
at in front h- is like until the peak OF u
lofty mnun,ain. Looked a. from behind,
he seem, to lsar 70 ward ~ II he would
pro.ti ate mSeri. Looked at tiOn tn
side, he shows himse,f robust aud well set
up. To sum up: he should have foui
points broad, tho front, the chest, the group
and the legs; four points l"ng; the neck,
the u per part Of the legs. he belly aud
the launches; four points short; the IONS,
the pasterns, the ears and the iaI. All
these qualities in good horse, say the
Arabs. prove fiistIy that he has real blood
IN hun aud secondly that b" is certainly
fleet If f;mt, for his form combines some.
thing Of the greyhound. the pigeon, aud
The nnhari, or riding camel.
A thnrou. hbred h"r,e is one that has
three tlIi ~, long, three things sh' three
things broad, and three thing s..h. The
ihree III ngs long are the ears, the neck
aud the fore legs. The three things h,rr,
are the dOcS, the hind legs and TIC 70 X.
The three things broad, are the forehead,
the chest and the Group. The things clean,
are the skin, the eyes and the hnof lie
ought H. have the withers high, and the
TANKS hollow and without any superfuous
flesh. "Dost thou accomplish journey
at great speed with steeds high III the with.
ers and fine in the flanks2" Tlo tail should
be well furnished at th root. so tha it may
cover the space between the thighs. "The
tail is like unto the veil Of BRIDE" The
eye vi horse should be turned as if trying
t. look at his noIe, like the eye Of man
WIN ~ ms. "Like beautiful cnqu tie
who l-ers rough her veil. his glance TO-
ward The corner Of the eye pIerces through
the hiir OF the fore 0ck which covers his
forehead Us with veil." The ears re>em
4 bic t;ose Of the antelope start ID IN the
M 'st Of her herd. The fore ock abundant.
In the hour Of pain mount >lend mar
wh1se forehead is covered hy IL ky aud
flow ng hair." The nostrils aide. Each
Of h.s nostrils resemble the den { lion ;
the wind rIshs+ out Of it when he Is pant.
ing The cavities in the interior Of the
nostrils ought to be entirely black. fthey
are partly black aud partly white, the horse
is of only moderate value. The fetlock,
thick. =" They have frtlocks that resemble
the down which is concealed beneath an
eagles wing, and like him they grow black
10 The heat IL battle" The ictlock i,ints
small. "The fetluck joints Of their hind
legs are small, but the muscles ON both 81 lee
stand tut prominent" "1he hoof sh,uid
resemble tn cup 1t slave. They walk
on honis hard as the moss covered stones
Of stagnant pool" The frogs concealed
beneath the hooEs are seen when he lii
his feet, and resemble daie-stones in hard.
ness" a