The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1868-01-31
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The Thoroughbred Horse.

The Thoroughbred Horse
Tho horse, Of all animuls, is the most val.
Uable. because most conducive to our Use
aud cnisyment. Fleet, strong aud hardy,
Le Inns boen, anil is ono of the most scrvi.
cratlo animals Of mankind. According to
naturalists he belongs to the class Mann
Inalia, which contains those animals that
euckle their young. lie forms the ninth
genus Of Baron Cuv;ers sixth order, called
Pachydermata. We trace his origin 20 the
East, whore, not TO 20 behind the Dclutc,
ho was domesticatod. According 20 Strobe
the Modes, Pcrsians and Armeuians FIRST
broke him to saddle. Seventeen hundred
aud forty years before the Christian era he
was naturalzed in Greece, as at that
period tho Olympic games, in which char.
lot and horse races were included, were a
popular feature. There is much dispute
whether or not the horse is Indigenous 10
Arabia. Tho question: however, is not one
of great moment. II is sufficient to know
that the Arabian horse is the purcst Of the
equine race. Constant care in rearing
and breeding has male him an object
of admiratiUn--has made him n repre-
sentative typo. His capacious chest af
Jords free action for his powerful lungs.
his form is symmetrical, his limbs combi-
nation Of bone, sinew and muscle, his &C.
tion graceful, his affection strong, aud his
Temperament somewhat quick and norvous.
From tho Arabian and the Barb is de
scended tho modern thoroughbred horse,
30 popular in England, and which forms a
large item in the estimated wealth OF the
United States. Tho Barb Is from Barbary
aud is remarkable for its beautiful form
and graceful action, Muscles and siuews,
constitute tho powers Of action, and MS
these arc the prominent characteristics of
the Arab and Barb, they are superior TO oil
Other horses. IN thGjr limbs we find thcir
bones condensed like that OF tho deer, con
squently action s not impeied and strength
il not exhausted by superlluous weight.
To DO thoroughbred, is not necessary that
tho animal should be of pure Eastern
descent, but his pedigree must be traced
through the Stud Book to any Eastern stal.
lion, or to the two Barb mares imported to
England by Charles II. The origin of the
thoroughbred is Eastern, but jnjicous
Crossing tho admixture OF Eastern blood,
and the attention and management of breed
ing have combined TO make him what he
is, to destroy his pure Oriental descent.
Tho turf has been the great medium tor i'm.
proving the horse. Trials OF speed stimu.
late to oxcelcnce, and the utmost care, with
judicious crossing is exercised in breeding
The foundation is kept pure by tho rigid
exclusion of cold blood, and wo secure mus.
cuar development aud strong sincws in.
stead of soft bone, an ungainly form and
ilabbiness Tho intelligence of Tho thor.
oughbred is as much greater than the in
teligence of the cold blooded horse, ms the
beauty Of form aud action of the ono is su
Perior TO that of ,ho other. His speed is
wonderful, aud his powers Of endurance
amazing lo can carry or draw burden
as we'll as run race, aud rival tho feet.
Bess of the wind in running it; aud he can
endure the fatigue that would kill off halt
dozen mongrel,. America is giving much
attention TO the thoroush shbrod, which shows
that we arc q progressive people. Tho
thoroughbred is tho purest typo Of the
horse, and truo progress ever aims to SC.
cure the purest and best.