stock, in the same manner as do lions, tigers and other animals which have been 

 left undisturbed in a free and natural state and have not come under the destructive 

 influence of man. 



"It is a treat to see such a horse, although I know from experience many do 

 not and cannot appreciate him at first. This is owing to the fact that his natural 

 structure is different from that of the animals they have been accustomed to admire, 

 which are made up of points some of which may be often very conspicuous and 

 exaggerated, even while others are deficient, and which exaggeration and deficiencies 

 they look for in vain in the Arabian. Throughout the whole frame of the Keheilan 

 it is the extreme natural appearance of the horse, the absence of any one predominant 

 or conventional point artificially produced, the beautiful balance of power and sym- 

 metry displayed in his form, the just organization of sensorial and structural func- 

 tions, which cause him to be so beautiful, so perfect an animal. 



"The head is very beautiful — not only pleasing to the eye in its graceful out- 

 line, but beautiful from its grand development of the sensorial organ, and the delicacy 

 of such parts as are more subservient. It is not particularly small or short in its 

 whole length, in proportion to the size or height of the horse, but it is large above 

 the eyes, small and short from the eyes to the muzzle. The center of the eye more 

 nearly divides the length of the head into equal parts than is observable in other 

 horses ; from the top of the head to the center of the eye will often measure as much 

 as from the center of the eye to just above the upper edge of the nostril. The head 

 of the horse of the Anazeh especially tapers very much from the eyes to the muzzle, 

 and the lower jaw does so equally or even in a greater degree to the under lip, and if 

 these lines were prolonged they would meet or cut each other at a short distance 

 only beyond the tip of the nose. The nostril, which is peculiarly long — not round 

 — runs upward toward the face, and is also set up outward from the nose like the 

 mouth of a pouch or sack which has been tied. This is a very beautiful feature, 

 and can hardly be appreciated except by sight; when it expands it opens both up- 

 ward and outward, and in profile is seen to extend beyond the outline of the nose, and 

 when the animal is excited the head of this description appears to be made up of 

 forehead, eyes and nostrils. 



"Such a head is often supposed to denote a violent temper. It is the type, 

 however, of the head of the Arabian horse, and is, we thought, more marked and 

 to be seen more frequently among the Anazeh tribes than elsewhere. Every Arabian 

 horse may be said to have a high temper to some extent, but it is balanced or con- 

 trolled by the power of the large and well-developed cerebrum. The head I have 

 described of horses we have seen denotes the highest order of qualities — intelligence, 

 energy and unconquerable courage. It is almost human in its expression of nobility, 

 dignity and sagacity. Other horses have much fire, but it is but too often the habitual 

 and only expression, not one called forth by occasion and controlled at other times by 

 higher organs; indeed, a spirit of the highest order is characteristic of the Arabian. 

 With regard to the great development of the upper part of the head and the fineness 

 of the muzzle, I have seen instances of the former measuring nearly two and one- 

 half to one; witness a measurement of thirty-seven inches over the forehead and 

 under jaws, taken in a line horizontal with the bone, against one of fifteen inches, 

 or perhaps a line over, around the muzzle above the nostrils, and of perhaps just over 

 thirty-seven inches around the forehead, and sixteen inches or just under around the 

 muzzle, and there may be examples of even greater difference. 



"The frontal and parietal bones, or walls of the skull above, are large, bold, 

 well developed, and often prominent. The brain cavity is capacious, giving an 

 appearance and power almost human. The nasal bones, on the other hand, are 

 fine and subservient to the frontal, and of a delicate and graceful outline. The 

 orbits of the eye are large and prominent, the eye is full, large and lustrous; it is 

 very beautiful. The beauty is not so much dependent upon the size of the eye 



31 



