Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1890-11-07
Middlebury, VT
SOURCES OF SPEED.
From Horse Breeder

SIN the name of God, the merciful
and compassionate, and of Seyd Moham-
med, agent of the High God, and of the
companions of Mohammed and of Jeru-
salem. Praised be the Lord, the omnip-
otent Creator. This is a high-bred horse,
and its colts tooth is here in bag about
his neck, and his pedigree and of I'M
doubted authority, such as no infidel can
refuse to believe. He is the son of Rab-
baing, out of the dam, Lahada, and equal
in power to his sire, the tribe of Zazhalah
He is finely moulded. and made for run
ming like an ostrich, and great in his
stroke, covering much ground. In the
honors of relationship he reckons Zaluah,
sire of Mahat, sire of Kalack, and the
unique Alket, sire of Manasseth, sire of
Ashek, father Of the race down to the
famous horse the sire of Lakalala and to
him be eyer abundance of green meat and
corn and water of life, as a reward from
the tribe of Iazhalah. for the fire of his
cover. and may thousand branches
shade his carcass from the hyena of the
tomb, and from the bowling wolf of the
desert, and let the tribe of Zazhalah pres
ent him with festival within an inclos-
ure of walls, and let thousands assemble
at the rising of the sun, in troops, hast
lily, where the tribe holds up, under a
canopy of celestial signs, within the
walls. the saddle with the name and fam
lily of the possessor. Then let them
strike the hands with Il loud noise in
cessantly. and pray God for immunity
for the tribe of Zoab, the inspired tribe"
Next to the Arabian blood. the English
are indebted to the Barb for their pres
ent breed of thoroughbred horses. This
breed is from Barbary, and particularly
from Morocco and Fee. and the interior
of Tripoli, and remarkable for its beauti-
full form and graceful action.
The Barb was very early introduced
into England. The climate and soil of
the native country of the Barb, peculi-
arlv resemble those of Arabia, while the
treatment of the horses is very similar in
both countries.
Beside these two celebrated breeds,
England and France imported both
Persian, Turkish and East Indian horses.
Persia, from the remotest ages, has been
celebrated for its horses. Sir John Nal
colin observes: "A variety of horses
are produced in Persia. The inhabitants
of the districts which border on the gulf
still preserve pure those races of animals
which their ancestors brought from the
opposite shores of Arabia. In Ears and
Irah they have a mixed breed from the
Arabian, which, though stronger, is still
a small horse, compared with either the
Toorkoman or Khorassan breed, which
are most priced by the soldiers of Persia.
Both these latter races have also great
proportion of Arabian blood
The Persian horse and its management
is thus described by Sir Robert ker Por-
ter:
"rh' Persian horses never exceed four
teen or IA hands high; yet certainly,
on the whole, are taller than the Arabs.
Those of the desert and country about
Hillah seem very small, but are full of
bone and of good speed. The best breed
of Turkish horses is descended from those
of Arabia and Persia, but they greatly
exceed the horses of those countries in
point of size The body is even longer
than the Arabians, and the crupper more
elevated. They have contributed ma
terially to the improvement of the Eng
fish breed
Mr.. Evelyn thus enthusiastically des-
cribes beautiful Turkish horse sent
over to England some time ago.
81 meyer beheld so beautiful creature
somewhat of bright bay, two white
feet, blaze; such head, eyes, neck,
breast, belly, launches, legs, pasterns
and feet, in all respects beautiful, and
proportional to admiration; spirited,
proud, nimble, making halt, turning with
that swiftness, and in so small a compass
as was admirable"
The Turkish horses are likewise re-
markable for their extreme docilitv,
which is thus accounted for by Busbe-
quius. who was ambassador at Constanti-
nople in the seventeenth century; and it
would be well if both masters and grooms
would learn a lesson from the wisdom
and humanity of this truly worthy and
benevolent writer.