The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1881-12-23

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of Aneyza has probably had more ex-
perience with horseaesh than any other
child of the desert. From boyhood up
he has passed his life among the horses
of the Orient, and on more than one Oc-
casion he has been obliged to trust him
self to the feetness of his courser to
escape from the hands of wandering
hordes while traversing the desert.
Some time since, Sontamm was seen
leading mare of extraordinary beauty
and symmetry through the streets OF
Damascus. Upon being questioned
upon the breeding of the steed, he pro-
nounced her to be the famous Sherissa,
of the get of Abeyeh Shevrak, four
wears old, her dam being Hagar, and
her sire Kehilan Ajuz.
asked him to tell me about the
breeds of Arabian horses.
'sOur father, Ismail ben 1brahim (Ish-
mael, son of Abraham)," he replied,
found two foals of the wild horse by
their dam, whom he had shot with On
arrow, and he put them in q sack and
carried them on q camel till they were
strong enough to walk, wherefore their
backs were curved in to meet the sad
die, and they were called Bintel AhUGj
or the Daughters of the Crooked Aa
they grew up he rode them, and the
wild horses followed them. From these
two foals, both FLIES, came our horses.
Wherefore we Arabs reckon all our
pedigrees from the dam, not as tbs
fools of Franks do. from the SIRE"
"Are there any of the original breed
leftp''
'Abd ell Kader-on whose head be all
blessings-tells us that it is still found
among our brethren in the Sahara.
And have heard that in Uzd, in Ara
bia, is another strain of that blood,
called laid ell Musefar. Who can tell
God knows"
(Which are the best for speedr'
1.-THE most noted for speed is Kehilan
Aiuz; for Kchilan has forty breeds, Of
which Kehilan Ajuz is said to be the
swiftest, though its mares are eve.
necked and long-legeed. There are six
breeds of Seglawi. OF which Seglawl
Sheyfi is the best"
s.But Kehilan is the best?"
sNe, no. I have not said so. Kehi.
Ian alone is nothing. It is the secon d
name which shows the breed. Kehilan
Aiuz is the swiftest, but Kehilan alone
is no breed. Abeyan Sherrak fol
beauty, Saadan logan, Hamdan es
Simri and Seglawi Sheyfi for speed and
bottom. All these are good, and this is
q mare to be proud of my son."
"And Franks think all Arab horses
are alike. How little they know. -
Sontamm's lip curled. 1.-THE Franks
have no horses. One of them sent 8
long-legged creature to Damascus. He
called It thoroughbred and truly il
could run fast. But what of thatP Il
could not run q hundred miles day or
q few handfuls of barley, as our horses
can, and it had . head like block o.
wood. No Arab would send his mare
to such . Kadish as that. Bahr'
"But have heard my father say thai
the English once sent one OF their mares
that they call thoroughbred to Egypt
to run races with your horses. and thai
she beat them all. the best in the Pa
sha's stable. How is that?''
Sontamm smiled again..
"The Pasha of Egypt never had .
horse that was Hadud in his best days
The Shammar and Aneyza have then
all, save those that are found in the
stables of Tyzoul Abdallah. at Doraiah
Still, as I said, these English horse!
can run well. but only for short dis
tances and on good food. Take then
to the Desert on ghazou for sucf
marches as we have, and they are gone
on the second day."-Aaericaa Gentle
mems Magazine.