The Bessemer indicator., 1893-10-28
III. AsAs AND Hts HORSE
rAsy Ars vra.As - sAs H.s.,t Of HAY
0sessstasas Tsaanass.

eAsy AE0 Br4nnAs - tAa KaDa1k ef AAay
Qsessstasas Tsaina.g.
Tho Arab. whom he Is . horsemau.
70 . superb one, oven though no does
not come within the canons Of our
art, says o writer in Harper's. When
the horse Is only means OF trans
portstion. or a beast Of burden, the
Arab is no better than his ilk elso-
where. When, as In the desert. the
horse is his pet. his companion. his
dream by day and night. the Arab is
in sense Incompatible. No master
can be SO kind No dog Is more 'n-
telligent than this dark, liquid-eyed
steed no has bred and trained. whose
ancestor, d hundred generations back,
his ancestors have loved and trusted.
This horse will follow him day and
night. He would fret out his soul at
being hitched TO post, and his
master would scorn to tie him. He
will stand immovable in the midst
Of danger and fright which would
make any civilized horse frantic.
He will carry his master through
fro and water. He will unfiincbinR-
ly face wounds and death. SO long as
the hand which has fed him ls placed
on his neck. He will stand over his
disabled lord till help arrives or he
will go alone to seek it. He VIII
kneel for him to mount and bear him
safely home II he falls sacrifice of
his devotion at the door OF his mas
ter's tent These are not always IA
bles. The horse. treated as he should
be generation after generation, de-
velopes rrfo intelligence and has
as noble an affection as the dog.
Tho great delight OF tbs Arab
horseman is the fantasiya- The en-
tries contain oil manner of horsemen.
armed and unarmed, who ride more
br less wild figures to more or less
monotonous drumming music. and
who end by the most excited sud ex-
citing potpourri of feat riding. They
stand In their stirrups and throw
their guns In the air, whirl them
about In the most approved warlike
style, and fifc them at intervals In
what seems On undalled for and
dangerous fashion. They rear. wheel.
kick, buck, ruft, stop, turn and twist
their horses like so many tumblcr1,
shouting meanwhile. yelling, scream
ing like so many devils No picture
can do Justice to the Kaleidoscope
fervor and w!ldness of the scene 81
thero aro many riders engaged in It.
1t is seething whirlpool of wild,
unmeaning, half-mcrry, half-fanati.
cal excitement, IN which no end OF
excellent horsemanship comes TO the
fore. From time to time the riders
stop and rank themselves for resi-
on one side; then ont comes indivi-
duals to show what, single. their
stoeds can do. They pirouettc and
piaffer and dance, and then mako q
mad rush at full gallop to one or the
other side. stop suddenly and whcel
about. There is no specific art in
what they do; each man has trained
his horse in his own unframed ideas.
They have q close seat clinging with
their heels, and exhibit great deal
of skill In their gyratory exercises
but onco seen the fantasiyn looses
its interest All semi wild nations
do about the same tricks on horse.
back. think our Indian easily ex
cells them all; while nothing l have
ever seen in fantasiyas in the faintcs
degree approaches in delicacy ant
difficulty the fine work OF school
trained horse in the hands OF
master OF tho art