Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-02-12
THE HORSE
BY JOSEPH BATTELL
From Advance Sheets.
copyright Secured
Continued Jr0m Jan. 20.
THE ARABIAN HORSE

eight and forty in winter without requiring Raw
dried occasionally given small quantities when extra eXeron is
equre grass employed lowering the Gedngs
are very rare frequently gray then
comes chestnut; white soe notified gray and black
and then to be found dark bay never
Colts are ridden ear-oo early ndeedn their third
second year broken steady walk canter and
the ambng which is special avorie with Arab riders
racing Arab from time immemora and the game Of
rzed kind of mock fight with blunt palmscks
highly popular throughout the peninsula complete the training both
as to pace Saddles seldom used Ned and stup
but both occasionally employed the Hez and Yemen
with bits the place of which taken in Nejd by
halter ropes the guidance Of the animal being almost wholly
effected by the of the riders leg and knee Shoes too
of rare occurrence they needed light sandmXcd soil
the central provnces the other hand the hoo often
rubbed with the drying effects of the heated
ground all grooming docking and clipping excepted
Arabs and their natural kindness animals quality
they Oentas together with the which
every reasonable besoWs valuable article OF property
Arab good the hands his
But Arab horses do commonly play with
Children general way, do they share family meals,
they habtuay kissed and cried the imagination
credu have suggested An Arab flying for his
life has indeed been known give the only mosc of dry bread
about him his horse rather than hmsean in which
sefpreevaton had probably large share affection Lastly
the standing prohibition horseng Nd has really nothing
romantic in than narrovmnded application of the pn
cpe protective monopoy other reluctance conclude
bargain simply indicates that the offer made considered
insufficient"
Liney in the preliminary chapter the "MOst Esteemed
Breeds Of Horses his Morgan Horses thus speaks Of the
Arabian horse
The Arabian horse might always be acknowledged
perfect FORM but fail to admire his nmtabe
head The broad square forehead the short en firm and delicate
muzze the bright prominent and intelligent the small pghy
and transparent cars universally acknowledged
unrValed any other breed The hnene his legs and the
oblquc position OF his pastcrn may be supposed lessen his
strength but the legs although small flat and wr and they
required carry heavy weights The muscles OF the thigh
strkingy developed ability
+lf o1Ofl
but in reading his really marvellous marches, remember
that there watches accurately the time meone
mark correctly the distances the paths the desert and
make allowance poncncss the Bdoun
ageraon The Arabian horse is celebrated for his docy
his speed and courage. He rarely exceeds hands height his
body light his hips loin shoulders
treme beautiful 1t the Arabian that the English chiefly
indebted for their unraed breed of horses for the turf and the
chase"
Captain Parker Gilmore writing Land and Water the
O Ubique,' says:
During experience extended over three
where every variety OF Arab from the pure bred Ncdee
the Persian knew that good troter gifted
with knee action The PAGES principally walking gaopng
Gatherings their movements being close the ground excel
in the
The districts where the hgastc Arab is reared are undu
ang sandy and spaey covered with vegetation
and mare without danger lay we'll o galop.
But Barbary is rough rocky and mountainous
with ranes and many portions tcky covered with shrubs
On such ground it would be impossible horse gaop with
safety any great pace he would be grief To
avoid this he keeping his legs we'll him.
side the other with great facility The the ground
him to raise his feet high each step Thus the different
action OF horses Barbay and Arabia may be
Stunning that they have origin"
In BlacwOods Magazine of 1889 is officers
to Syria the time of the Crmean buy horses They
provided with fman from the Turkish government interpreters
hOrse-deae accustomed to the of the desert and plenty
English gold They halted different places, their
errand and had remarkable opportunities seeing the best horses
the Bedoun tribes in that part Asia The dealings pn-
= ciPaly with the Anazeh tribe The report says: