16 THE HORSE. 
draw a cart about the streets, from which ignoble occupation he was 
rescued by Mr. Coke, and brought over to England. This gentleman 
gave him to a Mr. Williams, who kept the St. James’ Coffee-house, and 
by him he was presented to the Earl of Godolphin for stud purposes. It 
was, however, only by chance that his value was discovered ; for being used 
as teazer to Hobgoblin, he was merely put to Roxana on the refusal of 
that horse to cover her, the produce being Lath, one of the best horses of 
the day. The Godolphin Arabian was of a brown bay colour, and is 
said to have been about fifteen hands in height. He is supposed to 
have been foaled about the year 1724, and died in 1753. A remarkable 
feature in this horse is the height of his crest, and he is also invariably 
represented with round and drooping quarters. Several portraits of him 
are in existence, but all render these points in the same manner. I am 
not aware that there are any reliable grounds for considering this 
celebrated horse as a Barb rather than an Arab, and according to the 
usual description of the former, his size is against the hypothesis. Still, 
as he is generally so considered, I have added his description to that of 
the Barb, leaving my readers to draw their own conclusions. 
THE EGYPTIAN HORSE. 
Iy THE FIRST CHAPTER I have shown that there is a strong reason for 
believing that the horse was introduced to Arabia through Egypt, and 
that the latter country again derived its supply from the central regions 
of Africa, which probably also furnished the Barbary States. The modern 
Egyptian horse is a very second-rate animal, and, according to Burckhardt, 
‘‘is ugly, of coarse shape, and looking more like a cart-horse than a racer.” 
He says, “ Their legs and knees, and short and thick necks, are frequent 
defects among them. The head is sometimes fine; but I never saw good 
legs in an Eeyptian horse. They are not able to bear any great fatigue, 
