148 THE BREEDS OF LIVE-STOCK 



been indigenous to central Europe from the Rhine river 

 to the Black sea, and characterized by his great scale, 

 grossness, slow awkward movement, sluggish lymphatic 

 temperament, black color and extreme development of 

 hair ; and the oriental horse, native to the desert regions 

 of northern Africa, Turkey, Asia Minor, Persia and Arabia, 

 the most notable characteristics of which were extreme 

 refinement and breediness, beauty of form, spirit and in- 

 telligence, speed, stamina and grace of movement, and an 

 active nervous temperament. The breeds of the heavier, 

 draftier type show a preponderance of the characters of 

 the former, while those of the lighter, speed type re- 

 semble more closely the latter. The so-called coach 

 breeds represent a more or less proportionate blending of 

 the two. 



177. Organizations and records. Barbs are registered 

 in the Algerian Stud-book, a book of record formerly 

 recognized by the United States Department of Agricul- 

 ture. It is said that the number of English and French 

 horses in Algeria has led to the Barb being more exten- 

 sively crossed with this blood than in Morocco, where 

 there are fewer foreign horses, and systematic efforts have 

 been made under the direction of the Sultan to keep the 

 blood pure. Some Barbs are also registered with Arabians 

 in the General Stud-book of Great Britain. 



178. The Turk horse. This horse, named with the 

 Barb and the Arabian as constituting the so-called oriental 

 group, has much less significance than either of his contem- 

 poraries. Sanders suggests that the horses of Arabia and 

 Persia were originally derived from Turkey. In the light 

 of recent investigations we are led to conclude that the 

 term Turk does not imply any particular stock, but desig- 

 nates merely the horses of Turkey. These have been of 



