Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1877-02-01
LIV { STOCK.
ARABIAN HORSES.

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his personal beauty, is great general length.
What reach. what stride these horses must
have! They are born racers! were the
thoughts that flashed across our mind.
Next to the length. a general appearance OF
character and of blood, or high breeding, Is
conspicuous. The head is not particularly
small or short in proportion to the size or
height of the horse; it is not a small, neat,
pretty, meaningless head. The frontal bones
and the parietal bones or walls of the skull
above are large, bold, often prominent,
the brain cavity is capacious and well devel-
oped, giving an appearance and power al
most human. The nasal bones, on the 9TH
er hand, are fine and subseryient to the
frontal. and of a delicate and graceful out
line. The orbits of the eye are large and
prominent. The eye is full, large, and lus-
trous it is very beautiful the beauty is not
so much dependent upon the size OF the eye
as derived from its depth and expression ;
and when the animal is excited it displays
much fire. The lids are particularly fine,
and the lashes long and silky. The face is
lean and full Of fine drawing. The muzzle
is particularly fine, the lips long and thin,
the upper lip we'll cut, the lower lip small,
compressed and terse. The nostril in a state
ofrepose, very long, beautifully curled, deli
cate and thin; when the horse is in action
or excited the nostril opens very wide, and
gives a bold square appearance to that part
Of the face. The lower jaws are fine and
clean, the upper part of the lower jaw to-
ward the neck is very deep, and the jaws
are set wide apart. The cheek bones are
sharply cut. The ears are well cut, pointed
and well placed, and when pricked point in
ward in q peculiar manner which is consid-
cred a mark of great beauty and a great
sign of high breeding. The neck is of mod-
crate length, and of a graceful curve or gen
tie arch from the poll to the withers; it is a
muscular, light neck, and the splenius mus
Gle is well developed. The junction of the
head and neck is very graceful. The head
is well set on. The withers are sufficiently
high and run well back, but are not too thin.
The back is short, the loins are powerful,
the Group high, the haunch very fine, the
tail well set on, and the dock short. The
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kins are sufficiently full and muscular with
out being heavy, ponderous or vulgar; the
thighs are well let down, the hooks are
clean, well formed, well placed, large, and
near the ground. The shoulders we'll placed
long, and OF a good slope, and the base of
the scapule broad and well developed the
arms are long, lean, and muscular; the ell
bow is well developed; the trapezium or
bone behind the knees is prominent. The
legs are short, deep, and of q fair bone, ten
dons and ligaments large and well strung
the fetlock-joint Is large and bold; the pas
terms arc long. large, sloping, and elastic
the feet wide and open, and low rather thar
high ut the heels; the chest is deep and ca
pacions the ribs are arched land in this
point the Arabian differs considerably from
any other horse) !; he has a fine barrel heis
short above, but long below he stands Over
a deal of ground. The line shown from tht
withers to the setting of the tail is short a!
compared with the ~ground-line. The Skin
is fine, soft and delicate; the hair short, sof
and silky and the skin Is seen through tn,
hair to a greater degree than is seen in 9th
CT horses of high blood. The name and tai
are long and fine. The whole of the hinde
parts, from the hannch to the heels, takel
collectively or in detail, display greatlength
His general appearance indicates the high
est breeding and nobility. He is of higl
courage, easily excited, and of a nervou
temperament, but his fire and courage ar
tempered by his sagacity. The Arabs ar