Juniata sentinel. [volume] (Mifflintown, Pa.) 1846-1873, 1873-07-23
FRMER'S COL UMN.
Arabian Horses,


No Arab dreams of tying up . horse
by the neck tether replaces the halter
and one of the animals hind legs is en-.
c;Tcled about the pastern by light iron
ring, furnished with paddock, and con
nected with an iron chain tive feet or
therea5outs in length, ending in q rope,
which is fastened to the ground at come
distance by an iron peg; such lie the Gus
tomary method But should the animal
be restless and troublesome, a foreleg is
put under similar treatment. 1t is well
known thst horses in Arabia are much
less frequently vicious or refractory than
in Europe, and this is the reason WHY
geldings are here so rare, though not un.
known. No particular prejudice that l
coull discover exist. against the opera.
ton itself, only il is seldom performed.
because not otherwise necessary, and
tending. of course, to diminish the value
Of the animal
Bat to return to the horses now before
u.s. Never mad seen or imagined so
Lovely collection. Their stature was
indeed somewhat low. l do not think
thai any came fully up to fifteen hands
fourteen appeared to be about their
average but they were so exquisitely
well shaped that want of greater size
seemed hardly. if at all. defect.
Remarkably full in the launches, with
a shoulder of a slope SO elegant as to
make one, iii the words of an Arabian
poet, $50 raving mad about it, little
"a very little saddle backed, just the
curve which indicates springiness head
broad above, and tapering down to a
nose fac enough to verify the phrase of
drinking from pint pot" did pint pots
exist in Nedjee; most intelligent and
yet singularly gentle look. full eye, a
sharp, thorn like ear. legs fore and hind
that seem as if made of hammered iron,
so clean, and yet so well twisted with
sinew; a neat, round hoof, just the re-
quisite for hard ground the tail set off,
OF rather thrown out at a perfect arch /:
coat smooth, shining and light, the name
long, but not overgrown nor heavy, aud
air and steps that seemed to say, Look
at me, am | not pretty +? their appearance
justified all reputation, all value, all
poetry. The prevailing color was chest
nut or gray light bay, an iron color,
white or black, were less common full
bay. flea: bitten or piebald, none. But if
asked what are. after all. the specially
distinctive points of Nedjee horse, /
should reply, the slope Of the shoulders,
the extreme cleanness of the shank, and
the full, rounded haunch, though every
ether part, too, has a perfection and a
harmony unwitnessed, at least by my
ey es, anywhere else. Nedjee horses are
esteemed for great speed and
endurance of fatigue-indeed in this lat
ter quality none come up to them.
To pass twenty four hours on the road
without drinking and without tagging is
certainly something but to keep up the
same abstinence and labor conjoined un-
der the burning Arabian sky for forty
eight hours at stretch, is, believe, pc
culiar TO the animals of the breed. Be
sides they have delicacy, l cannot say
q mouth, for it is common to ride them
without bit or bride, but of feeling and
obedience to the knee and thigh, to the
slightest check of the halter and the
voice Of the rider, far surprising the
most elaborate n,0nege given European
horse. though furnished with snaffle, curb,
and all. often mounted them at the
invitation of their owners, and without
saddle. rein, or stirrup. set them off at
full gallop, wheeled them around, brought
them up in mad career at a dead halt,
and that without the least difficulty, or
the smallest want of correspondence be,
tween the horses movement and my own
will !; the rider on their back really feels
himself the man-balf of centaur not
distinct being.-iaigrare's Trarels IN
-4rabid.