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They are horses of speed and durability, and much prized as 

 war-horses. Some of them have been taken to Europe, but 

 have not been very favorably received. They are highly 

 spoken of, by some, for their beauty, action, and docility. 



THE ARABIAN. 



Arabia began to become famous for her horses about the 

 thirteenth century, and she has held her supremacy ever since. 

 So carefully have they preserved their stock from coarse inter- 

 mixture, and so perfectly have the true principles of breeding 

 been followed, that their stock have attained a degree of per- 

 fection uncqualed in any other country. 



There is said to be three different stocks of horses in Arabia. 

 The inferior breed, which are not prized, and are found wild 

 in some parts, they call the Attechi. The next are the KadiscM 

 breed, of an unknown race, and corresponding to horses of 

 half-breed. These are sometimes put off on dealers for the 

 genuine roval breed. The third stock are the genuine, thor- 

 ough-bred descendants from the original stock of Cappadocian 

 and other superior horses imported into Arabia. They are 

 called the Kochlani. Layard found the best of these among 

 the Shammar and Aneyza tribes. The Arabs assert that the 

 genealogy of the true Kochlani is known for two thousand 

 years, and that they trace back to the stud of Solomon. This 

 may be believed by the visionary Arab, but is not true for 

 that reason. Many of them have written pedigrees for over 

 four hundred years. The pedigree is always kept on the side 

 of the dam, and with a care excelling that bestowed on the 

 '"'^nealogy of the most distinguished family. If our breeders 



ould learn from the Arabs to pay more attention to their 

 brood-mares, and not less to the stallion, they would soon find 

 a substantial improvement in their horses. 



It is extremely difficult to induce an Arab to part with liis 

 mare, if she be of the true Kochlani breed. He loves her as 



