///' RACE HORSE. 





water and abundant |>aMurair- N ab-M>lut.-ly n.--.-s>ary in order to rear the animal in 

 iiiann.T. N<>t "mil the strength und musde* of the animal are developed, is a trial prrmiit.-d. 

 and th.-n it i-* truly a t.-rribl.- mi.-. \Yh.-nth.-mare for the niaL- aiiiiuul in ne\. i lidd.-n by 

 tli.- Arabs hasattain.-d li,-r full d.-\.-l..j,m,-nt. -.I,,- is mounted fur tin- lirM tiim-, and rid. I- u at 

 full *i"--d for fifty 01 nil.-s without respite. Hot and fainting. *h.- i* th.-n f..rr,sl int.. 



unt.-r. whi.-h .-,-ui!-'!- her to swim, and if she does not feed fn--lv iinim-.liat.-ly JifU?r tbU 

 t.-niti. trial, -h.- i> n j.-.-t.-.l a> unwurthy of being reckoned among the true Kochlani. 



ARAB NORSK. 



For the animals which will stand this terrible test the Arab ha almost an idolatroua 

 regard, and will oftentimes spare an enemy merely on account of his steed. 



Tin 1: I>K and TK.HTIM; HK<K are, i-rliaps, the most admirable .\:iui].lt-sof the 



perfection to which a <liini.-Mi.-a ted animal can lie brought by careful breeding and training. 



Whatever may have been its original source, the Racer has l*--n jrn-atly improved by the 

 ir.ixture of Arab blood, through the means of the Godolphm and Derby Arabians. The<-.-l.-- 

 brated Horse Eclij)se was a descendant, on the mother's side, of the Oodolphin Arabian, that 

 wonderful animal which was resni.-d from drawing a cart in Paris, and which w;i~- :ift.-rwards 

 destined to play so important a part in regenerating the breed of English racers. He was also 

 descended, on his fatln-r'* -idf. from th Dsirley Arabian. It is a remarkable fact, that both 

 parents of this extraordinary animal were unappreciated by their owners ; Marsk, his fath.-r, 



