MY QUEST OF THE ARAB HORSE 



failed. In the long run a man named Simri, 

 who owned some horses of the Hamdani breed, 

 came with a big horse with full round belly 

 and offered to catch the mare and colt. The 

 Anezeh laughed at him. The horse had to be 

 beaten to make him even walk fast. But the 

 man insisted to be allowed to try and the sec- 

 ond day the horse went better and began to 

 show spirit. Finally the Anezeh took the man 

 to the place where the mare went daily to drink 

 and told him to trv his luck. At noon the 

 mare and her colt came and when the latter 

 saw the horse, and the people, he fled. The 

 Hamdani, to the surprise of all, gave quick 

 chase and in four hours the colt was captured 

 and bound. Three hours after, the mare was 

 captured, and from that time the breed was 

 known as the Hamdani Simri, and since that 

 day has been the favorite over the Seglawi 

 Jedran. 



4 — Abeyan. The Abeyan is the handsom- 

 est of the five breeds, but is small and has less 

 resemblance to the English thoroughbreds 

 than any of the other families. The Abeyan 

 Sherrak is the most esteemed of the seven 

 strains of the Abeyan, there being but two 

 others of that seven, the Abeyan Zahaine and 



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