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ASIATIC AND NORTH AFRICAN HORSES. 



are bred in large numbers in the Central and Southern 

 Provinces of Persia, chiefly for export. They usually stand 

 from 14 to 15 hands high, and are generally grey, although 

 bays are sometimes seen, and they gallop and walk well. 

 They show many points of the Arab, principally about 

 the head, and in the way they carry their tail, '' like a 

 flag," as Persians and Anglo-Indians say. They have 

 good bone, but are often sickle-hocked. Their hoofs 



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Fig. 589. — Karadagh horse (14.2) 



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are large and very tough. The great majority of them 

 are docile, and hardness of mouth is their only common 

 vice. 



There are very few Arab mares in Persia, and in that 

 country are owned only by rich Persians, who have to 

 give from ;fi50 to £200 a-piece for them. 



The Karadagh (Fig. 589) is a breed of horses which 

 originally came from the southern slopes of the Caucasus, 

 and are the native horses and ponies of Armenia. It is 



