Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1870-03-30

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prove that, however superior may be the
present breed, it is comparatively lately
that the horse was natuTalized in Arabia.
TheEegs a curious record Of the COM
mere Of different countries at the close
of the second century, Among the ar
ticles exported from Egypt to Arabia
and particularly as presents to Teigning
fmpnafchs We're horses. ...s
The horses of Arabia itself, and of the
Southeastern parts ofEurope are clearly
derived from Egypt; but whether they
were there bred, or imported from the
Southwestern regions of Asia, or, as is
more probable, bOrught from the interior,
or northern coast of Africa, cannot with
certainty be determined.
Troops of wild horses are found in the
plains of Great Tartary, and also in sew
8eral parts of South America. In neither,
however, can we recognise an original
race.
r. TDne able writer however, says: of the
six ascertaihed species of horses, only
I one has set5been discovered. on the new
continent in a perfect wild state, and this
animal has cloven hoOf. It is an in
babitant of the Mountains of South
America.
The horse is a type Of man-Of mans
pride, vices, and infirmities, no less than
of his independence and strength. His
martial traits especially have been the
theme of glowing description and eulogy
in all ages. The mthinking horse that
rushes to battle is, but truthful represen-
tation Of his great prOtOtype-man. The
description of the eastern horse in the
book of Job is exceedingly poetical and
expressive.
''Hast thou given the horse his strength?
Hast thou clothed his neck with thunder?
Canst thou make him afraid as grass
hopper. The glory Of his nostriIs is ter
/ tribe. He paweth in the valley, and re-
liOiceth in his strength he goeth on to
meet the armed men. He mOcketh at
fear, and is not atfrighted, neither turn
teth he back from tllesword. The culver
tTattleth against him, the glittering spear
land the shield, He sWallOWeth the
Earth with ferceness and rage neither
believeth he that it is the sound of the
trumpet. He saith among the trumpets
EHa, ha, and he smeIleth the battle afar
off, the thunder of the Captain, and the
lshouting, Job 80, 10, 20, q, ., 3, 24, 26.'
The exu1tant song of Miriam, after the
passage of the Children ofIsrel through
the Red Sea, is the second place in the
Bible where reference is made to the
horse. In her iInpassioned recital of the
glorious triumph whereby the lord had
wrought such deliverance for his people,
not the least, was that the horse and his
rider, hath he thrown into the sea.
h The horse is nearly always associated
in Holy writ with man, as possessed with
the spirit of war, and of great fondness
for. conflict and carnage, He like
man, requires, and is capable Of great
cultivation and discipline, for the muir
derOus Rnd guilty pursuit. Associated
with man in his sins, he has been curs-
ed, like him, with his diseases-the
sure and certain consequences of sin. It
may be said OF both his physical struc-
ture and his disorders that they place
him nearer man than do those of any of
the other beasts Of the field.
1t is an indisputable fact that the wild
horses on each side Of the Don are the
offspring of the Russian horses that were
employed in the .Seige of Asoph, in the
, year 1881, when, for want of forage, they
g were turned loose. They have relapsed
= into state Of nature, and have become
e as shy and timid as the original Savage
3 breed That able writer and Veterinary
? Surgeon prof. YOuatte says: In no part
: of America or of the more nswly-dis-
covered Islands Of the Pacific was the
l horse known, until he was introduced
= by Europeans; and the origin of the
3 horses Of Tartary has been clearly traced
8 to those who were employed in the Seige
s of Asoph, in 1897, but which were turn
= ed loose for want of forage.
e The history of the horse affords us no
, evidence that there has been any i'm
= provement in the race since Pharaoh
e and his hosts of horsemen and chariots
= were OverthTown in the Red Sea-
e Whether the horse has advanced in i'm
/ provement since the earlier ages, he has
! certainly become much subject to dis
; ease, and much more so in those coun-
tries where. the greatest efforts have been
: made for the Improvement of fine breeds.
, Among the horses of England and
France there is three times as much dis
ease as in America, and ten times more
in the older States than among the wild
/ horses of the plains Of Texes, or the In
dian Ponies. Both disease and degener-
acy have kept pace with the efforts of
!. stable breeding and management.
Man has been trying, in all ages Of the
world, to do natures work; has inter
fered with her laws, and tried to control
her actions, and nature has been, when
obstructed, silently at work, far Outstrip-
ing him, and showing a perfection Of
beauty, Of symmetry, and power that
puts to shame and rebukes the madness
of the prophet, and exhibits so clearly
II the weakness of man and his folly.
When man undertakes to do the work
Of the Creator, he mars its beauty and
excenency, and introduces discord and
death as the result of his patchwork.
The history of in-and-in breeding, and
the crossing of differentraces, is the his
tory of disease and deterioration The
evils arising from these practices are
untold and unimaginable. Itwas never
destined to be 50. While there isno law
Of incestTin the brute creation, it is un-
questionable that great evils result both
from mingling the blood of members of
the same family, and, also, that of the
seperate and distinct races, the same as
in the human family. The pure races
have ever been superior to the mixed
There is an awful curse resting upon the
amalgamation of the races in the human
family, and it applies to man in his mis-
management of the brute creation. 1t is