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to the manner in which the throat enters or runs in 

 between the jaws, where it should have a slight and 

 graceful curve. "This/" 7 Major Upton adds, "'per- 

 mits of a graceful and easy carriage of the head, and 

 . . . gives great freedom to the air-passages. The 

 Keheilan is essentially a deep-breathed and a good 

 and long-winded horse." 



The peculiar rounded prominence of the forehead 

 already described, the Arabs call the jibbah; and the 

 jibbah, the mitbeh, the ears, and the tail are the 

 parts as to which they are most particular. These 

 points indicate breeding, and breeding is all that the 

 Arabs care for in a horse. 



For the rest, the Arabian horse, in his highest form, 

 exhibits great length. He stands over much ground, 

 as the phrase is, although his back is short. There is 

 a common notion that the Arabian at rest keeps his 

 legs well under him ; that he belongs to that type of 

 which it is said "all .four feet would go in a bushel 

 basket"; but this is erroneous. Often, on the other 

 hand, the Arabian stands with his fore legs bent 

 backward from the knee, which is thought to be a 

 good formation or habit. In the length of his body, 

 in the length of his hind legs, which is extreme, and 

 in the fact that he stands higher behind than in front, 

 there is a resemblance between the Arabian horse, at 

 least the Anazeh horse, and the typical American 

 trotter. Maud S., for example, has these peculiari- 

 ties. Sunol has them in still greater degree. The 

 Anazeh mares, moreover, are very long from hip to 

 hock, and this again is the almost invariable forma- 

 tion of the trotting horse. The body of the Arabian 

 is elegantly shaped. His ribs are more deeply arched 



