42 The Arab Horse 



applied to the horses. Both words are 

 recognised as derivatives from Kuhl 

 (antimony) but Upton got another expla- 

 nation of the meaning of the words as 

 applied. He found that the entire race 

 of pure-bred horses among the Anazah had 

 black skins, no matter what the colour of 

 their coats. It has come about, then, 

 in course of time, that the Anazah have 

 adopted the words, to express what we 

 mean in speaking of ** thoroughbreds." 

 It is even more exclusive than our word. 

 We speak of *' thoroughbred " horses, 

 "thoroughbred" cattle, ''thoroughbred" 

 dogs, meaning improved animals that 

 are bred to a type, and have not varied 

 from the type since the breed was estab- 

 lished. 



With the Bedouin Kekeilan means but 

 one thing, a horse (male) of pure Arab 

 blood, and Keheilet a mare of pure Arab 

 blood, whose lineage traces without break 

 to one or more of the five mares of Sala- 

 man (not King Solomon, David's son), an 

 Arab Sheik who lived B. C. 1635, fourth 



