The Lamar register., 1893-10-21
THE ARAB AND HIS HORSE.
A"ey are Friends as the Result of Many
Generations Training.

Ahey Are Friends the Result of MHuv
Senerstions Training.
The Arab. when he Is horseman.
Is superb one. even though he does
not come within the canons of our
art says writer in Harper's. When
the horse is only means of trans
portation. or beast OF burden. the
Arab Is no better than his ilk else
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 in
telligent than this dark, liaufd-eved
steed no has bred and trained, whose
ancestors 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 a 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 viii carry his master through
fire and water. He will unflinching-
ly face wounds and death. so long as
the hand which has fed him Is placed
on his neck He will stand over his
disabled lord till help arrives or he
will go alone to seek it. He Will
kneel for him to mount and bear him
safely home If he falls sacrifice OF
his devotion ut 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 rare intelligence and has
as noble an affection as the dog.
The great delight of the Arab
horseman is the fantasiya The en-
tries contain all manner OF horsemen,
armed and unarmed. who ride moro
or less wild figures to more or less
nonotonous drumming music, and
| who end by the most excited and ex-
citing potpourri OF feat riding. They
stand in their stirrups and throw
I their guns in the air. whirl them
about in the most approved warlike
style. and fire them at intervals in
what seems an uncalled for and
dangerous fashion. They rear. wheel.
kick. buck. rust, stop, turn and twist
their horses like so many tum blers.
shouting meanwhile, yelling, scream
ing like so many devils No picture
can do justice to the Kaleidoscope
fervor and wildness OF the scene IL
there are many riders engaged in it.
1t IS seething whirlpool of wild.
unmesning. half-merry. 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 rest
on one side; then out comes indivi-
duals to show what, single. their
s,eeds can do. They pirouette and
/ piafier and dance, and then make a
mad rush at full gallop to one or the
other side. stop suddenly and wheel
about There is no specific art in
what they do; each man has trained
his horse In his own unframed ideas.
They have close seat clinging with
their heels. and exhibit great deal
OF skill in their gyratory exercises;
but once seen the fantGsiya looses
its interest All semi-wild nations
do about the same tricks on horse
back think our Indian easily ex-
cells them ali; while nothing l have
ever seen in fantasiyas in the faintest
degree approaches in delicacy and
difficulty the fine work of school
trained horse in the hands of a
master OF the art.