The morning call., 1892-08-28

One Of their greatest families are descend
! ants of single mare called The Mare Of
| the Old Woman" and the story they tell of
/ the origin of the strain is that Bed0uiD,
who rad been pursued by enemies for sew
| eral days, was compelled 10 halt for "a few
| hours by his mares giving birth TO q fOal.
lie could not ilnger long, however, and soon
| mounted TO continue his fight, leaving the
fosl N the desert. He 1ic not stop again
until night, when, 10 his astonishment, the
little creature soon caught up, having fol-
| lowed lis dam, in spite OF its extreme youth,
all day, al rapid pace. The man gave the
| hiiY TO an old woman whom he met, and
who brought it up by hand, 10 become the
| founder of famous desert family.
Still another Of these legends is to the
! effect that a Betouin. whose mare had
/. young foal running at her side, being pur-
! sued, and fearing that the mother, out OF
consideration for the colt. would lag IN her
pace. struck at tSe fOal with his lance until
Ii fell back disabled. When the man
reached a place of safety, however and
| dismounted, the fOal soon made its appear
ancf, having managed 10 keep up, although
wounded in the heck. The colt grew. 20 be
a famous sire and the progenltor OF a eele-
brated family particularly noted for its
good limbs aud great powers Of endurance.
The Arabs have different notions from
! ours regarding the rearing Of f0als- The
/ little creature, instead Of being allowed 10
| run with the mother, rs IN this country,
until 1t is 6 or months old, Is weaned at
| the end of its first month and taken from
the dam. 1t is al first fed upon eamels'
| milk, and from the time il Is few days old
! is kept tied up either by rope around the
| neck CT around the hind leg above the hook.
1t grows up in It's masters tent and is the
/ playmate of the children, who mount it be-
| fore il is n year old. 1t is broken by that
| time and is trained to weight-packlng at
| very early age. According 10 a time-hon-
! ored Arabian custom every colt or fily
| is given very hard work before IL is years
| old. The Arabs claim that il q horse does
lot do hard work then he will never after
| be fit TO do so. The thTee-year-old,
| therefore, is always ridden hard journey.
| AS consequences spilnts, bent shanks
| and even broken knees are common among
Arab horses and are scarcely recognized by
the Bedouins, travellers tell Us, as blemshes
! 20 take account Of. The Arab horse is
| always sure-fOoted, and after attaining
| growth and strength, is said never to fail.
The Arabian notion Of pushing equine
| babies early TO hard work seems 10 be in
danger of becoming a craze among Ameri-
| can hOrseRen. 1t has many adherents just
! now, but thoughtful ones are beginning to
shake their heads and wonder how the ex-
| pertinent VIII eventually pan out. 1t win
| always be difficult matter TO spend ones
| money and have it, too. and the energy of
| the young colt that ought to be expended in
| the building up of bone and muscle. hoof
and sinew. cannot be used up in record
| making without r0bbing the horse some.
where, say the knowing ones, and thev
propbesy that time will show the truth Of
their claim that early development means
| early decay"
The juveniles are travelling against time
now. Whether they will keep the pace that
| has been set for them time will tell. Expe-
rieDce, However. seems already against
them. Axieil and Allerton, juvenile pro-
| digIes of two years ago, are both badly
/ stove mp" this season, which was to have
witnessed great achievements from both.
Both horses should be Just ready to show
what they can do, but at years old il
begins to look az II even evasions and the
many excuses at the command OF horsemen
| cannot longer conceal the fat that their
turf victories arc about over. AS for Sunol,
the little equine lady. regarding whom
Californian horse-lovers are so Justly
enthusiastic, reports are so conflict
ing that ii is hard to determine
the truth In regard to her condition.
She is TO be given chance, we are told,
this fall before one of the new bicycle sui
kies to show what she can do with Nancy
Hanks new record.
Speaking Of the new snlky, / heard an
enthusiastic eyclist say a day or so ago, 'If
Maud had been on the track that day
bitched to a pneumatic-tired Sulky with
ball bearings she would have run away
from Nancy Hanks" Perhaps not. Nancy
Hanks IS great mare and well deserves
the place she is given. 1t is as legitimate to
improve our vehicles and tracks as to de-
velop our horses. We will not approximate
the real speed OF the trotter until we have
reduced to minimum friction. weight and
all other hindrances TO his progress The
new salky almost does this, and perhaps
with some improvements will yet quite do
it. bike the kindergarten, the swimming
tank, the kite-shaped track and the record
breaking baby, the bicycle snlky is
California idea. Stephen Ryan, at one
ime agent here for an Eastern bicycle CON-
pany, is, il Is claimed, entitled to the honor
of having first conceived the idea of utiliz-
ing the pneumatic tire on snlky wheels,
while the first sulky with ball bearings was
built for the proprietor of Palo Alto farm.
Ryan's idea, however, was for sulky with
large wheels rather than the 2S-inch wheel
OF The safety" whicn is the kind used in
the sulky Nancy Hanks pulled. 1t may be
regarded as pretty thoroughly demonstrated
that the American trotting sulky, with Its
high wheels and convenient arrangement
ior close hitching. is the ideal vehicle for
us purpose, and the prevailing opinion OF
hoISemen regarding the present bicycle
sulgy. with 28-incb wheels, is that the
ball bearings and pneumatic tires have