Evening star., 1908-01-11
IN ZANN
camel brings about $50, but a good
riding camel costs $10O and upward.
How God Made the Camel.

how GOQ maze the C0Inel.
Have you ever heard how the camel
was created? Here is its origin. as told
oy the Arabs. They say that God first
formed the horse by taking up a hand
full of the swift south wind and blowing
upon it. The horse. however. was not
satisfied with his making. He complained
to God that his neck was too short for
easy grazing and that its hoofs were 80
hard that they sank in the sand. More
over, he said there was no hump on his
back to steady the saddle. Thereupon.
to satisfy the horse. God created the
camel making him according to the
saw his ideal in flesh and blood he was
frightened to death at its usliness and
galloped away. Since then there Is no
horse that is not scared when It first sees
4 camel.
This story makes me think OF the Arab
tradition as to how God first made the
water buffalo, which. as you know. Is
about the ugliest beast that ever wore
was the beautiful COW. When He had
finished 1t the devil happened that way.
and as he saw II he laughed at the job
and sneered out that he could make q
better beast with his eyes shut. There
upon the Lord gave him some material
such as He had put into the cow and told
him to go to work. The devil wrought
all day and all night. and the result was
the water Dunalo.
The Arabian Horse.
l have made inquiries here and eisc.
where as to the Arabian horse He IS q
comparatively scarce animal and he does
rot run wild in the desert. as some peo-
pie suppose. Indeed, comparatively few
of the Arabian tribes Aave horses. and
the best are kept on the plateau OF Maid,
In the center Of the peninsula. They be-
long to the Anazah tribe. which is one OF
the Oldest of all. and which claims to
date back to the flood. 1t Is a wealthy
tribe. and 1t has been breeding horses for
many generations. The best stock has
pedigrees going back to the time of Ma
homet. and the very choicest come from
five mares which were owned by the
prophet and blessed by him. These horses
seldom go out of Arabia. They are owned
by the chiefs, and are not sold. except in
times of the direst necessity Now and
then a few get into Egypt and other parts
of North Africa, and the Sultan OF Tur-
key Is able to buy some for his stables.
During my stay in Algeria / saw 150
stations in the great army stables at
Blidah- Perhaps one-third OF them were
Arabian. and they were kept to breed
horses for the French army. The Khe-
dive of Egypt has some Arabian thor
oughbreds, and there the a few in Mo-
rocco and Abyssinia.
1t is only occasionally that a pure-bred
ATdDian goes TO Europe or the United
States. Two of the best stations we ever
imported were those which Gen. Grant
brought from Constantinople. This was,
! think, during his tour around the world
While visiting Turkey he and the sultan
visitd the royal stables together. As they
looked over the horses the sultan told
Grant to pick out the one he licked best
and he designated a dapple gray. called
The Leopard. 1T is yours" said the
sultan. ''and this Also" pointing to a.
four-year-old colt called Linden Tree.
In due time these two horses arrived in
the United States and were put on Gen.
Ed Beale's farm near Washington They
were used for breeding. and they pro-
duced altogether about fifty fine colts
FRANK G.. CARPENTER. !;