220 HENRY HELL GOODELL 



measure first from the knee to the highest point situated in 

 the prolongation of the limb above the withers, then from 

 the knee downwards to the beginning of the hair above the 

 coronet (to the crest of the hoof) ; if these two measures are 

 to one another as two-thirds to one-third, the horse will grow 

 no more. If this proportion does not exist, the animal has 

 not done growing; for it is absolutely necessary that the 

 height from the knee to the withers should represent, in a 

 full-grown horse, exactly double the length of the leg from 

 the knee to the hoof." 



And now, with a few choice maxims from the same hand, 

 I must pass on to other themes : — 



No one becomes a horseman until he has been often thrown. 



Thorough-bred horses have no vice. 



A horse in a leading-string is an honor to his master. 



Whoso forgets the beauty of horses for that of women, 4 will never prosper. 



Horses know their riders. 



The best time of day for giving barley is the evening. Unless on a 



journey, it is useless to give it in the morning. 

 Water a horse at sunrise, and it makes him lose flesh. Water him in 



the evening, and it puts him in good condition. Water him in the 



middle of the day, and you keep him as he is. 

 During the great forty-day heats, water your horses only every other 



day. 



"The pious Ben-el- Abbas — Allah be good to him! — 

 hath said": — 



Love horses and take care of them. 

 Spare no trouble; 



By them comes honor, by them comes beauty. 

 If horses are forsaken of men, 

 I will receive them into my family, 



I will share with them the bread of my children; 



My wives shall cover them with their veils, 



And cover themselves with the horse-cloths. 



