Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-02-26

Barbay Turkey Spain resemble the
Arabian all these contiguous Arabia is
reasonable consider that their horses large part at least
descended from the Arabian
Berenger 1771 says:
After the Arabian the the mcror
throughout plains Pepol Media Ardebn
and Deben raise annually prodous number which excellent
in most particulars They generally of mddling size
The History and DencaOn OF the Horse by John Lawrence
London 1902 says:
perhaps celebrated any Of
the horses antiquity beauty form, vgo spirit and speed
Vegc and the later Roman writer's describe the Persian horses
surprising all others in the pride and gacefune Of their motions
which extremely easy and pleasant the rider They
naturally much their launches archng the neck until the chin
nearly touched the breast they readily stopped short and their
travelling pace nearly that called OF old in this country racf
of between the and galOp They rather
commended speed than The horses of Partha
nborng country similar description but seemed to be
hardy"
And Linsley writes:
The Persian horse deervcdy ranks the Arabian his
head almost equally fine his hip and Group BETTER he is
stOuy built equal speed but less enduring Their food
barley chopped hay being They rarely
exceed fourteen and half hands high full of and
very tracablc and docc"
Sidney, who o them with the Arabian, says:
The Shah of Persia when visiting England brought with him
Persian horses which had opportunity of closely examining
The Shahs favore riding horse dark chestnut stallion
about fourteen hands high short legs well crested very powerful
and with the peculiar picturesque style of tail Of the Arab but in
other respects to be distinguished from English thorough
bred his head although very boodHkc having the Arab char
actcrthc WIDE flat forehead and comparatively small muze The
other which the Shahs horse stallion about
and onchaf hands high rather with white body and flea
bitten neck and head the Arabian character powerful limbs
showing work about the hooks and finely carried tail They
supposed be each worth 6OOO Neither had good action
any action at all, according the term"
Major Thomas Francis was formerly the head of the
Rcmount department the English Bombay,
The Persian the best animal be purchased in Bombay
hack and carriage horse The government used buy many
they could get five hundred and fifty rupees each (65
and oneha fifteen and one-ha hands high better
roadstcrs and chargers and stronger than the ordinary
OF Arabs The best bred Arabs seldom and
and one-ha hands, and more frequently under that height
although have known quarter
A wc-bcd Arab worth G2OO my believe they
dearc No breed hardy constitution
the Arab and stands the alterations temperature
WELL but the Persian nearly hardy and far pcaanter ride
Gervac Markham, accomplished English writer rural
Subjects in work published in described all the European
horses of that period good Engshman he the English
hOreh him the "Courser Naples
the Turkish horse Of which those he had CONSTANT
noPe and described by him "nclnng middeze;
finely headed almost the Babac They have excellent necks
both for length depth proportion They great courage
and sWtncs for have them English
Naturally they desire to ambe and which strange their
is full OF pride and gracefuncss"
Berengcr thus refers to the Turkish horse:
turkey possesses great variety horses Arabian Tartars
Greek Hungarian Others besides their own natural breeds
The last are handsome and elegantly shaped have great deal
spirit swift and have many agreeable qualities,
tender ana delicate They unequal to fatigue have weak
tiles and agaed and distressed Their
and SO quick of feeling that they bear the uycomb,
for which their keepers only the brush and wash them:
though beautiful and of striking figure they very inferior the
Arabian horse to be compared with the Persian which the
Arabian the finest and best horses of all the East Nor they
Dwell ProPooncd the Bab their neck being usually and
too slender their caasses long and their legs delicate and small
they nevertheless capable of much labor and furnished with
failing wind Nor ought be surprised this account
truth that in all hot climates the bones
and close than colder situations and this the that the
shanbone OF horses born climates less diameter than