136 THE BREEDS OF LIVE-STOCK 



types of saddle horses, with an Arab in open competition. 

 Bradley also bred a trotter, two removes from Arab blood, 

 that trotted to a record of 2 : 30 in the sixth heat of his 

 first race. He produced the finest types of polo ponies 

 and accomplished much with the Arab blood. 



158. Description. The Arabian in his purity is a 

 horse of high courage, possessing length, strength, power 

 and substance, combined with elastic and graceful move- 

 ment. He is gentle and affectionate. He seems to have 

 no fear of anything, even man, a trait shown particularly 

 in young colts. In his native country he stands closer to 

 fourteen hands and two inches than any other height ; but 

 his size is merely a matter of the feed given him when he is 

 a colt, as is shown by the fact that among the Gomussa 

 tribe of the Sabba Anazeh, who pay better attention to 

 their horses than do others, we find colts at two years old 

 standing fifteen hands high ; and at the Circassian villages 

 up the Euphrates, where even better care of the live-stock 

 is taken than by any of the Bedouins, we find the Arab 

 horse much advanced in size. 



There is a peculiar balance and harmony throughout 

 the frame of the Arab. The beauty of head, ears, eyes, 

 jaws, mouth and nostrils is noteworthy. The ears are not 

 small, but are so shaped that they appear small ; the head 

 is short from the eye to the muzzle, broad and well-devel- 

 oped above; the eye is soft and intelligent; the nostrils 

 are long and appear puckered, drawn back up the face, 

 and are capable of great distention; the neck is a model 

 of strength and grandeur, of which he can make a perfect 

 arch, that matches the arch of his tail. The throat is 

 large and well-developed ; it is loose and pliant when at 

 rest, and much detached from the rest of the neck. This 

 feature is not often noticed, but it is indicative not only of 



