MY QUEST OF THE ARAB HORSE 



colt twenty days old, which I bought, were the 

 finest specimens we saw. 



Besides these ^ve families, there are six- 

 teen other breeds which are counted as equal 

 to the Khamseh. First is the Maneghi, sup- 

 posed to be an offshoot of the Kehilan Ajuz. 

 The characteristics of this breed are marked. 

 They are plain and without distinction, being 

 somewhat coarser with longer necks, powerful 

 shoulders, much length, and strong but coarse 

 hind quarters. They are strong-boned, and 

 are held in high repute as war horses. There 

 are four families, the favorite being Maneghi 

 Sbeyel, which is regarded "Chubby" all over 

 the desert. Maneghi Hedruj, the next es- 

 teemed, was not counted "Chubby" at Nejd, 

 but was by some tribes of the northern desert. 

 The brown stallion "Halep," which was my 

 present from the Governor of Aleppo, and was 

 looked upon as the best stallion the Anezeh 

 owned, is a Maneghi Sbeyel, dark brown with- 

 out a white hair. His mother, his grand- 

 mother, his great-grandmother indeed, all his 

 maternal ancestors for two hundred years had 

 been the spectacular war mares of their time. 

 The other breeds are as follows: 



Second — Saadan, often very beautiful 



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