THE ARABIAN HORSE. 



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ity,* beating Lance, Waxy Pope (imported), Young Alexander 

 Sir Hemy (by the horse of the same name, exiiibited at 'Jtica) 

 Waxy (by Waxy Pope), and several others. 



We have been thus full in speaking of Consternation, be- 

 cause we believe that it is by a judicious cross ^dth the tlior- 

 ougli-hred horse, that the greatest improvement is to be made 

 with a class of our common mares, in breeding animals with 

 style, speed, and, above all, bottom, for the carriage, the buggy, 

 and the saddle ; and because we believe on the principle that 

 like lyroduces like, Oonsternation j)roinises better for such a 

 cross than any other blood stallion of which we have any 

 knowledge. 



His pedigree includes a host of winners, and the most cele- 

 brated horses of England. It is given on the preceding page. 



It may interest some who wish to breed common mares to 

 Consternation, and w^ho, very properly, consider color an im- 

 portant consideration in carriage and saddle horses, to know that 

 of his ancestors above given thirty-five were bay — tiuelve, brown 

 — ten, chestnut — and tiuo, black. 



THE ARABIAN- HORSE. 



Mr. Youatt says : — " Although in the seventh century the 

 Arabs had no horses of value, yet the Cappadocian and other 

 horses which they had derived from their neighbors, were pre- 

 served with so much care, and propagated so uniformly and 

 strictly from the finest of the breed, that in the 13th century 

 the Arabian horse began to assume a just and unrivalled 

 celebrity. 



There are said to be three breeds or varieties of Arabian 

 horses : the Attechi, or inferior breed, on which they set little 

 value, and which are found wild on some parts of the deserts ; 

 the Kadischi, literally horses of an unknown race, answering to 

 our half-bred horses — a mixed breed ; and the Kochlani, b )rses 

 whose genealogy, according to the Arab account, is known for 

 two thousand years. Many of them have written and attested 

 pedigrees extending more than four hundred years, and, with 

 true Eastern exaggeration, traced by oral tradition from the 

 stud of Solomon. A more careful account is kept of these 

 genealogies than belongs to the most ancient family of the 

 proudest Arab chief, and very singular precautions are taken to 



* His having once drawn the first premium in the same class, by the 

 regulations of the Society, disqualified him from again receiving it. But 

 In such cases, the former winner, if adjudged best, receives a certificate to 

 that effect. 



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