The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1870-06-24
.Fron lie -apu!ean AgseIsi'Iistl
gfiorse Papers ties Sarnsers.

Les; il b. thOu..-t t-.at aitac!s zoo illueii
ouseque,i,e ~ pusiiyei blood In horse!
breedins.I desire 10 give the reason Tor
Inv belief that il is not the only good
thing. but snuch the best thing 10 be
sought after.
" hat we know j. that the blood-hotsef
j. n descendant, With perhaps = slight
,.duliNiurcS from oihcr sources. OF lhe
Oiiened horse. whether syrian, Barb,
Turk or Arab. 1t j. claimed that the
b!ood-hur>e. othcrw isc called the thor
vueh-brcd" horse, is even Better than his
Oriental ance ,,or. and in point of speed
lie undoubtedly is so. He is also OF bet
Ter size and better adapted 10 our uses.
In gaining these advantages. how
ever. he has lost much of the beauty anu
some of the wonderful endurance of the
Eastern horse.
General Daumas. III his report Of the
horses OF the Sahara, which Was publish
ed with the approval OF the French Min
lister OF War. gives the resuit oI long anu
careful Investigations, carried on III Al
peria under the most favorable circuni-
stances. Ills account Of the teats of en-
.durancc ot the Arab horse would be in
credible, were they not proven by most
reliable evidence. He says that ii is not
rare. in time OF war, for horses, UNDER
the saddle. 10 make from $50 10 $50 miles
in twenty-four hours. \ tribe, learning
that its enemies mediate IA raid upon IL,
sends out scouts, mounted Oh the best
mares, carry ing bat one ration Of barley
Tor the evening feed They sometimes
extend the scout from IS 10 80 miles
away. Ii tlfeir observations lead them
10 fear an immediate attack, they return
Us rapidly Us possible, but II there seems
10 be no danger. they return more slow
IN but still arrive ut their tents before
tie eyeing prayer. after having made
sometimes from 30 to $50 miles Ill "a
hours, 100 to 90 leaguesl. Ii there is Il
battle the next day, these same horses
are able to take part i'll it. lie cites an
instance III which the iavorite mare of
AN Arab, which had been selected by the
tribe TO which he belonged to be given
10 the Sultan as the price OF peace, be-
Ing ridden 10y the Arabs son SO leagues
(2iu miles, within - hours, durin 9
which time ii drank but once and ate
nothing but the leaves of date palm.
General Daumas says that this Young
Prophet" that he could have slept the
next night at Gardaya, 45 leagues (l35
miies) further on, ii his lie had been
III peril.
These are but two Of many instance:
within Gen. Daunas' own knowledge
of wonderful feats of speed and endu,
rance. The Arabs Of the Sahara thu!
sum up the projections of a horse. I'll,
ought to carry a full grown man, hi
arms and change OF clothing, food TO
both, blanket for bad weather, carry ,
corpse in case of need, and run the Who'll,
day without thinking OF water or food.
OF course we shall never have occasion
for such feats OF endurance as are her
indicated; but all that is most valuabl
in our own horses, is inherited from tn
race to which lsuch teats are possible
and In proportion as we are able to in
fuse the blood into our own stock, shal
we add to the worth OF our horses.
For the drawing Of heavy loads an
for farm work, we need more weight {
body than the Arab or the averac
thorough possesses but the extel
ITO which size may be sacrificed for til
sake OF blood is greater than would
at first supposed, for blood brings M
only intelligence, energy and enduranc
but actual physical strength. The bone
Of blood-horsc are much stronger an
more compact than are those of o COLI
biooded cart-horse. The one is eompa
atively like chalk, the other like ivor,
and the fibre OF the muscles as well
the strength of the tendons, shows 1
equal superiority in the case OF IL
blood-horse. When, therefore, we cor
bine the vigor and VIM Of the high-br,
horse with his greater rapidity of IN
ton, even in walking, we shall see til
a moderate sized horse, requiring mu
less food for his support will actual
accomplish more work in a day than I
heavier but more sluggish cart-horse.
AS Herbert has expressed it in !
Hints to Horse-keepers,-"No as
what constitutes value or excellence in
horses-lt is indisputably, quickness
working, power to move or carry weig
and ability to endure for length
time; to.travel for distance with I
least decrease of pace to come again
work day after day, week after we,
and year after year, with undiminsh
vigor. Nil fftt H
'SThc horse which can plow an a,
while another is plowing half an acre,
that which can carry load Of passeng,
ten miles while anothers going five, lin,
pendent of all considerations Of anu
inent, taste, or what is generally call
fancy, is absolutely worth twice as mu
as the other. 1T is not only not tr