The weekly union record., 1864-04-09
Horses.

Gen,ral Dumas, Of France, has published a
work upon Arab horses. wish the commenta-
ries by Emil Ii Nader, Wecopy the follow
ing. The Arabs thus de6ue the characteris-
lies Of The thoroughbred horse:
The thorough bred horse IS We'll proportional
his ears are small aad in constant motion,
bis bones massive his cheeks meagre, his nos
;rils wide as the throat Of hon, MS eyes
bright, black and level With the head his neck
long his chest full, his wilbers prominent, his
liens well knit, his hauuches strong. bis fore
ribs long and the hinder ones short, the belly
hollow. the Group rounded. the upper part Of
his legs like an OStrich's and furnished with
muscles ike ! camers. his hoofs black ard Of q
uniform color. his hair sac and abundant, his
flesh firm, his tail very thick al the dock but
! loose at the extremity. Looked at in iront he
is like unto ihe peak Of lofty mountain
| Looked at from behind he seems 10 lean for
ward as il be would prostrate himself. Looked
at from the side, he shows himself robust and
well set up To sum up: be should have four
points bread the front. the chest. the group
| and the legs; four points long; the neck, the
upper part OF the legs the belly and the
Launches; four points short; The lions, the pas
terms, the ears and the tail. All these quali-
| lies in a good horse. say The Arabs, prove
| firstly that he has real blood in him, and sec
ondly that he Is certainly feet Of foot. for his
| form combines something of the greyhound the
pigeon, and the mahari, or riding camel.
| A thoroughbred horse is one that has threeI
things long, three things short, three things
broad. and three things clean. The three
/ things long are the ears, the neck and the fore
/ legs The three things short are the dock, thel
hind legs and the back. The three thngs
broad, are the forward the chest aud the croup|
| The three thinsS clean are the skin, the eyes|
and the hoof He ought to have the withersI
| high, and the tanks hollow and without any|
supcrfuous flesh. 'DoSt thou accomplish al
1 journey at great speed with steeds high in the
witherS and fGe in the iiauks! The tail should
be we'll furnished at tie root. so that IL mayI
cover the space betwesn the thighs The taiq
is like unto the veil of BRIDE The eye of a
horse should be turned as il trying to look az
his nose. like the eye OF man who squlnts1
Like beautiful coquette who leers through
her veil, bis glance toward the corner of the
eye pierces through the hair of the forelocld
which covers his forehead as with veil Thel
ears resemble those Of an antelope startled m
the midst of her herd. The foreock abundanq
In the hour of pain mount slender mard
whose forehead is covered by silky aud flowing
hair The nostrils wide. Each of his noStrlij
resemble the den of lion; the wind rushes OUT
of it when he is painting The cavities in the|
interior Of his nosrs ought 80 be entirely
black. Ii they are partly black and partly
wbi;e, the horse Is of only moderate raluc. Ihd
fetlock thick. They have ietlocks that rel
semble the down which is concealed beneath
an eagles wing. and like him they grow blacd
in the heat of battle The lellock joints
small. The fetlock joint. OF their hind legs ard
small, but the muscles on both sides stand OUT
prominent The hoof round and hard Thd
boof should resemble the cup of a slave. They
walk on hoois hard as the moss covered stones
of a stasnfnt pool The frogs concealed bel
meath the hoofs are seen when he lifts his feetl
and resemble date stones in hardness.