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siderable arch, The bones of the legs are large in proportion to the size, 
and the tendons full and free, the suspensory ligaments being particularly 
strong and clean. The hocks are large and free both from curbs and 
spavins ; and, lastly, the feet, though small, are sound, and capable of 
bearing an amount of battermg which few well-bred English horses can 
sustain. The prefixed engraving of “ Chaban,” an Arabian stallion, shows 
most of these points extremely well, and the general characteristics of 
the breed are particularly well indicated by the artist, who took the 
sketch from a celebrated Arabian of high caste in the stud of the King 
of Wurtemburg. 
FROM THE FULL DEVELOPMENT of the brain in this breed it might be 
expected, @ priori, that the amount of intelligence and courage possessed 
by them would be far above the average; and such is the result of experi- 
ence. Most of them are extremely docile, and in their native plains, 
where they pass their lives in constant communion with their masters, 
they are possessed of fine tempers ; but if they are highly fed, and at the 
same time deprived of exercise and cruelly treated, their nervous system 
is so sensitive that they rebel, and when they fight they persevere to the 
death. A vicious Arabian is, therefore, a very unmanageable brute, and 
difficult to cure of his bad propensities. Good treatment, however, has 
its effect upon him, and when he once shows his forgiveness he may be 
depended on by the individual that he takes into his good graces. This 
trait has been well exemplified in the savage Arabian lately tamed by 
Mr. Rarey, and in a still more marked manner in former years in the case 
of Chillaby, who was, if possible, more savage than Cruiser, and yet was 
so completely tamed by Hughes, the celebrated circus-horse trainer, that he 
was able to exhibit him as a trained horse, and was never once disappointed 
by him. ‘This is, I believe, more than Mr. Rarey can say of the above 
well-known savage horse, which was one of the first he operated. on in 
this country. 
Tue roop of this kind of horse is of a very dry though nourishing 
nature, and neither when at Jiberty nor when tied up can he get much 
water, the prevalent opinion being that an unlimited supply of this fluid 
injures his shape, and interferes with his wind. It is said that the Arap 
horse is only fed twice a-day; but I conclude that this only refers to his 
allowance of corn, and that in the intervals he is permitted to pick up 
what little dry herbage the soil affords. Wonderful stories are told of 
the distances which young colts are compelled to go when first mounted, 
but I confess that I look with great suspicion upon these travellers’ tales. 
About five or six pounds of barley or beans, or a mixture of the two, 
constitute the daily allowance of corn, which is about the weight of half 
a peck of good oats, and would be considered poor feed by our English 
horses, unless the proportion of beans is very large. 
THE cotours of the Arabian horses are mostly bay, chestnut, and grey, 
but occasionally black. The skin itself of the grey horses is of a deep 
slate colour, and the manes and tails are darker than the rest of the body, 
THE SPEED of the Arabs, which have recently been brought over to this 
country, is undoubtedly not nearly equal to that of our thorough-bred 
horses for courses of moderate leugth, that is, not exceeding two miles ; 
and there is no reason to believe that at longer distances there would be 
any essential difference in the result. In the Goodwood Cup an allowance 
is made them of a stone, yet no Arab has ever had a chance of winning, 
and as far as this test goes they are proved to be inferior to the French 
end American horses. In India a difference of weight, varying from 
