ARAB HORSE. 
pedigree of these Horses is carefully preserved, and written in most florid terms upon 
parchment. In some cases, the genealogy is said to extend for nearly two thousand years. 
The body of the Arab Horse is very light, its neck long and arched, its eye full and soft, 
and its limbs delicate and slender. The temper of the animal is remarkably sweet, for as 
it has been born and bred among the family of its owner, it avoids injuring even the 
little children that roll about among its legs, as carefully as if they were its own offspring. 
So attached to its owner is this beautiful Horse, that if he should be thrown from its back, 
the animal will stand quietly by its prostrate master, and wait until he gains strength to 
remount, 
The training of the Kochlani is not so severe as is generally imagined, for the presence 
of water and abundant pasturage is absolutely necessary, in order to rear the animal in a 
proper manner. Not until the strength and muscles of the animal are developed, is a trial 
permitted, and then it is truly a terrible one. When the mare—for the male animal is 
never ridden by the Arabs—has attained her full development, she is mounted for the 
first time, and ridden at full speed for fifty or sixty miles without respite. Hot and 
fainting, she is then forced into deep water, which compels her to swim, and if she does 
not feed freely immediately after this terrific trial, she is rejected as unworthy of being 
reckoned among the true Kochlani. 
For the animals which will stand this terrible test the Arab has almost an idolatrous 
regard, and will oftentimes spare an enemy merely on account of his steed. 
The Race Horse of England is, perhaps, with the exception of the foxhound, the most 
admirable example of the perfection to which a domesticated animal can be brought by 
careful breeding and training. 
