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horses, which are so like the Shawya Barbs it seems 

 probable they derive from this source. At Copgrove Hall, 

 in Yorkshire, Admiral Sir Francis Bridgeman has a Barb 

 stallion, Carnival, a winner at Islington, who has sired 

 some excellent stock, and is an undoubted Shawya from 

 his appearance. His colour, too, is typical of the breed, 

 white being a prevailing colour amongst animals of this 

 strain. 



3. Ducal la. 

 An intermediate type between the other two, combining 

 the characteristics of both. It is bred near the coast. 



Besides these distinct breeds is the ordinary hack, termed 

 " Kedar," with high knee action, and carrying the head 

 well up ; very suitable for its purpose, and a docile riding 

 horse. 



Nearly forty years ago Captain Parker Gilhnore wrote 

 his experiences of three years' sojourn in the East, and 

 gave as his opinion that the chief cause which tends to pro- 

 duce dissimilarity in the action between Arabians and Barb 

 horses is the different character of the districts in which 

 each is reared. Where the high-caste Arabian is brought 

 up the country is undulating, sandy, and sparsely covered 

 with vegetation, and there the mare and colt can gallop 

 without danger. But in Barbary it is rough, rocky, and 

 mountainous, intersected with ravines, and in many por- 

 tions thickly covered with shrubs. On such ground no 

 horse can gallop with safety, and at any great pace would 

 be sure to come to grief. He therefore trots, keeping his 

 legs well under him, and is thus able to turn on one side 

 or the other with great facility. The nature of the ground 

 also causes him to raise his feet high at each step. And 

 thus is produced a signal example of the survival of the 

 fittest. 



Spanish Hokses, The " Genet." 



When considering the foreign elements in our present 

 horses, the share the Spanish genet has had in the making 

 of them must not be lost sight of. They are a hardy. 



