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the saddle, their walk is first taught to be made 

 into long strides, and the next qualification consists 

 in darting off at full gallop, and the best in the 

 practice who possess likewise speed are emphatically 

 called laad-pee^ or wind-heeled. 



Among the more noted are 



The Kauserooni breed, obtained by crossing the 

 Arab and Turkoman races, and may be the same as 

 the Koordy. It is from this the best roadsters are 

 derived, combining the speed of the one with the 

 strength of the other, but not in an equal degree. 



The Erscheck breed, from the vicinity of Ardebil, 

 is in repute for beauty ; and those of Shirvan, Ka- 

 rabag, and Mokan, where there are good pastures, 

 are extolled. The sovereigns of the Sefi dynasty 

 likewise maintained brood mares on the Tzikziki 

 hills, between Sultanieh and Casvin. 



The Ishepatan breed is now principally within 

 the Russian frontier, and numbered in the table of 

 brandmarks furnished by Pallas, where he notices 

 no less than fifty-six Circassian and Abassian breeds 

 of great Kabarda, among which that of Shalokh, in 

 possession of the Tau Sultan family, is of the highest 

 reputation. All of these are of breeding studs be- 

 longing to the nobles, each having a peculiar mark 

 branded on the buttock or shoulder, with scrupulous 

 attention to authenticity ; a misapplication thereof 

 being considered the same as a forgery. 



We have seen, among the Cossack officers, very 

 handsome chestnuts of Circassian race, in size equal 

 to English horses, but they appeared to be less 



