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tative of these qualities is found in the Arabian 

 horse. 



' The Occidental Horse,' says Nehring following 

 Frank of Munich, who was the first to distinguish 

 this main race ' shows itself, as regards the two 

 first mentioned points, to be the exact reverse of the 

 Oriental horse ; for its distinguishing character is 

 the much larger development of the facial portion 

 of the skull, as compared with the part covering 

 the brain. The skull seems to be comparatively 

 long and narrow with a small breadth of forehead. 

 The rims of the eye-cavities stand somewhat for- 

 ward. The enamel folds of the so-called crescents 

 of the molars of the upper jaw are very complicated. 

 The bones of the limbs of the Occidental horse are 

 of a thick and massive build, while in structure 

 they are less substantial and hard than in the case 

 of the Oriental horse.' 



To this Occidental race, in Germany, belongs 

 our common-middle-sized horse, which of late years 

 has been more and more set aside to make room 

 for a mixed race ; for the State and private persons 

 have taken the breeding of horses into their own 

 hands and introduced foreign animals, more par- 

 ticularly of the Oriental species. Thus, for example, 

 during some decades, crossings from the Arabian 



