Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-02-12

yet point of beauty.
Stalons used be led into camp looking like horses in
pcture-the limbs fiat broad power deep below the knee
small and fine about the eock of beauty and ceaness outline
enough alone stamp blood their the neck light
ahed the flank closely ribbed up the tail carried with
sweep like palm branch and the small head
ting in large nostrs, always snorting and neighng.
Gray various shades bay, chestnut and brown, the
ordinary coo of the Arab horse the of all is dark
uniform nutmeg gray Light gray vergng upon white is pc
cua old horses. Next frequency gray bay and
chestnut both fine and rich quality the latter priced that Arabs
have saying that you hear of horse performing remark
able you will be nqung, find that he is chestnut.
register horses bought Anazeh find black
that had merely my recollection should
said black horse the desert other
except stcwbad and say whether he Anaze
belonging the tribes where the purity the breed
less be depended
neghborhood found the wan
deng TurcOmans nomadc people, whose orefathe into
Syria help the crusaders this day they speak
Arabic but Turkish They came cattle and horses
The latter bes taller than Arabs heavy and clumsy with
heads very dropping headquarters legs long below the knee
snate and vicious the better looking but
Flemish.
"Or encampment assumed the appearance OF horse
fair In the background the
Druses; grassy plain with herds
coming distant ridge party of the monkcyke Anazcs,
their long spears their shoulders their hgbred horses
walk hand group Tucomans distinguished by greater
size and less dirty clothing held ugly and uger gedngs,
accoutred with gaud wosed hcad-stas mameue bits
and saddles with high pommc and cane and shovel supons
All the horses offered sale by the Bedouns
stations do not this remember having geldng
their possessions and although they frequently rode into
camp they offered them The last circumstance
believe owing the estimation in which they hold their
national wealth. and the public opinion having
itself strongly against letting the breed fall by
selling Them that no individual do
The bought by desert was one
hundred OF these sevenwo Anazeh from the Wuad Ali
and Rowalas the remainder tribe
Sakh and from Of doubtful tribe The following
refer the Anazeh alone The highest price paid M u.s. This
given for each horses bought by private hand which
the finest that the desert Putting these aside the
highest price little than $780, and the average price
about 634
The average height hands, inches
and the four and five but this would be
overcstmate both of the height and age the Anazeh
horses offered for sale selected the biggest oldest Many
the horses bought and three DID, and might have
been bought much lower prices OF the different breeds the
Kahaan seemed to be the the Sokwye the
esteemed.
The Anazch nict temporary Disagreement upon their young
horses by cropping the hair of the tail quite short after the cdge
fashion creeping amongst English hunters but leave the tails OF
the ugrOwn animals attain their natural length They denied
being in the habit of making they commonly believed to do
mar their horses purposes distinction and denied
all knowledge of grounds for report which have brought
forward very lately that English horses have been used
prove the breed The oal they said though dropped
frequently in spring produced all the year round
Which their dated actual
BIRTH and not from any particular of the year
81 add postscript Do not let any because have
rated the average price Anazeh M suppose
434 to buy him striking specimen OF the because
have described Anazch horses fine imagine that the very
anything but the exception the rule With the Arab
with everything average grevousy
removed from the IDEAL and all you above you pay
The Bedouin (and every other Oricnas that |
acquainted with possess somewhat of the quay
hb patience towards his horse remarkable the mpaence
and roughness Of the Engishman. inclined put
his credit moral point of view do believe that it results
from affection for the animal selesant; he is simply
without the feeling riab which prompts the English horseman