PERSIAN HORSES. 



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Persian Horses.* — Persia is admirably adapted for 

 horse-breeding, on account of its favourable conditions 

 of climate, soil and water. Although there is an im- 

 mense number of horses in Persia, the inhabitants of 

 that country take very little interest in their equine 

 property, and are lamentably ignorant about everything 

 that concerns the welfare of their animals. Well-to-do 



Photo 6w] 



[W. A. DellaGana. 



Fig. 582.— Baghdadi Arab (15 hands). 



Persians regard their horses merely as a means of 

 conveyance and " show," and as they think it beneath 

 their dignity to enter a stable, they give a free hand 

 to their Mir Akhor (Lord of the Manger), whose one 

 object is to make all he can out of his position as 

 stud groom. The bad stable management is equalled 

 by carelessness in breeding, for which purpose, Persians 



* Mr. W. A. Delia Gana, F.R.C.V.S., Veterinary Adviser to H.I.M. The Shah of Persia, 

 has most kindly supplied me with the following notes and photographs of Persian horses. 



