Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1864-04-13
Tho Arabian Horse.

In early youth immense pains are Law
ished upon him, and he is rarely mounted
before he is two years and half old bu
his education has been such that he is By
that time almost qualified to take care bote
Of himself and his master. When the
rider dismounts, and wishes his steed to
remain stationary, he has merely to pass
the bridal over his head-he has never any
reason to ask man to hold his horse for
him. AT market, or elsewhere, he leaves
him for hours without disquietude, and re-
turns to find him standing stock still.
This has been taught by very simple pro-
cess. The bride once over his head, and
dragging on the ground, slave is station
ed beside him to tread upon it whenever
the animal is about to 60 of, and go as to
give dissgreesble shock to the bars Of the
mouth. This is the only thing approach
ing to harshness in the training of the
Arsb-slthougb, indeed, il the training
should fail, there are spurs employed such
as no European would dream of using
The society for the prevention Of cru.
city to animals would have little scope
fer employment in Algeria. Should any
children, too young 10 reason, tease or ILL
use the horses tethered in front of the tent,
the Arab wife will cry "Children, beat not
the horses. Wretches, it is they who
nourish you. Do you wish that Allah
should curse our tent p She does not
sPaES her own h1sbSnd, If hv misuyeB his
horse, but complains Of him to the chief Of
the tribe. oh, my Lord, although he is
sll we have, yet my husband takes him on
idle journeys, o7errides him, taxes him
beyond his strength. Scold him, beseech
you, in the name Of Allah. Lead him back
into the ways Of our fOrefathers. Above
all, however, don't tell him that it was
who suggested this to you"
The Arab horse is Watered only once in
the tWenty-four hours. BE is often oblig-
ed to content himself with dates instead of
barley: these are given him before they
g. perfectly ripe, when their stones are
soft, and are eaten stone and all. In the
spring, he is turned out on the pastures;
but in the summer, if his master can afford
it, he gets little barley. On this scanty
fare, good horse in the desert is expected,
if necessary, to accomplish, for five or six
successive days, distances of a hundred
and twenty-five to a hundred and fifty
miles; and, after a couple Of days rest
and good feeling, he will be quite well
to repeat the feat, If he shakes himself
at any resting place, or paws the ground
with his foot, it is held that there is no &C.
casiOn to pull up in the journey; and if
would know, at the end Of a day Of
exc ssiVe fatigue, how far you can yet de-
pend upon your horse, get off his back. and
pull him strongly by the tail; IL he re-
maine unmoved, you may still rely upon
him. "It is Of no very rare occurrence to
hear of q horse doing one hundred and
eighty miles in twenty-fOur hours p The
requisites which the men of the desert
look for in him are, that ''he should carry
q full-grown man, his srmes and a change !
of clothing, food for both rider and him
self, flag on windy day and: if it be
drag dead body behind him."
A horse Of the Sahara is calculated to |
live from twenty to twenty-five years, and |
a mare from twenty-five to thirty. The |
animals prime is indicated by the follow
ing Arabian proVerb: