The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-16
TROMTI[EMAGAMNES
HORSES OF ARABIA.
,.,nai Broken to Its Owners iia'id.
Each A, Exciting Race.

o, broken to Its Owners Hand.
Fac" An Exciting Race.
uonoardi and Nephaarta Arabs are
ln' -, go breeders and take great pride
u tSelr studs. These horses are l think,
IN 'n'l q. Arabs~I have seen and far from
inc III ,so gazellelike creatures usually dc
beng VI Tbev are strongly built, large boned
plV'' Of from Is to 1914 hands high. 1
s s seen one of 1917 hands, pue inns -
nav naval Their immense neck and shout
unu' Ike them appear perhaps little
dets ,ahind but they have plenty of stay
nsH' S and their length of hook Is an
ny 20 81 the speed they undoubtedly pos
Parties from these tribes are con-
Ss' rooming the deserts Of Syria and
s'"" otomio in search of good brood
h'sO ard have heard of as much as
ma oao ',nineas being paid for one. And a
. .ood brood mare is never parted with OF
ridden. ,.,, 90 Nonhaar-
,a..os brought in for the inspection OF
70 ayoissary of the khcdive who wished to
an -, n mir for his highncss. There
l"are some 20 or % of the most beautiful
'",ts rossible, with tho exception OF one
W. W.. woody looking beast. As soon as
~" III. Monsour saw it he shouted: Take
a,rov and give it to the first man you
ot 7 will not own that as Nephaarta
horso " The khedive's agent eventually
. H two. for which saw him pay e5O0
Egyptian 80 . o,,vovs rotbor
,aa',lt IN ride at first, though after few
liz when horse and rider have become
u us they are docile enough and
I'll trained. Each man has virtually to
s.oat his horse TO his own hand, and
shorld another mount an apparently quiet
80 no would have to do the work all
low ocain Ii seems to be tacit under
0.ondno between horse and rider that
tbpr Joint career begins with struggle
Cow tho mastery. To visitor like myself,
whose mounts must constantly be chang
ina tbe prospect is sufficiently alarming.
Ones early DAYS in an Arab camp are fire.
Onortlv davs of pain and tribulation us
one slowly RECEIVERS from bout with
half savage stallion.
Though they eventually become quiet
and obedient to their masters hand, great
carr must Be observed when riding in com
rony not to allow ones horse to approach
within kicking distance of another, or dis
astrous results follow. The horses are al
WAYS ready for fight and deceltfully APP
| rear IN he on their best behavior immedi-
ately before an outbreak. / was riding one
day with small party of SANTANA Arabs
when two men carelessly approached too
close | called out to them to sheer oil q
little. but before they could respond gen
eal melee was in progress, and almost in
santly my horse had its teeth i'm the neck
Of one of theirs, while the other was killed
ba kick which burst its stomach. Fortu-
Datey we all escaped with n few bruises,
though the riders do not always get off so
easily. When riding at full gallop, howev-
g, the attention of the horses is concon-
tated upon the race, and the men may
ride as close together rs they like, but care
must be taken to wheel apart as the pace
sackens.
Nothing can exceed the intoxication of
ance in the desert. Choosing n stretch
Oflevel sand, you give your horse the sig
NJ to go, and he is off with spring that
almost unsCats you. And have seen an in
stance where the sudden strain burst the
girths and lett man and saddle in the dust,
while the horse was 100 yards away before
The discomftcd rider realized what had
happened. The speed that these horses at
tain is very great, and their reach forward
sprodigous, as found on one OCCASION
when my horses hind hoof cut the heel
clean of my boot After Il gallop, instead
dheaking into canter and then into a
rct before stopping, they simply put their
lore feet together and stop dead their i'm
FtuS frequently causing them to slide sew
eal yards | understand that it is OH this
account that Arab horses are shod on the
lore feet only.-"In the Desert With the
Bedouins, " by r. Talbot Kelly, in Febru
ay Century.