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FOREIGX BREEDS OP HORSES. 



She is far inferior to the black one in the peculiar development of the 

 head and neck, but in other respects affords a more faithful specimen of 

 the. true form of the Arabian horse. She is of the purest caste, and was 

 a present from the same potentate by whom the black Arabian was given. 

 The foal at her foot was by Acteon. She was sold for 100 guineas only. 

 Perhaps her colour was against her. Her flea-bitten appearance would 

 not please every one. The foal, which had more than the usual clumsiness 

 belonging to the youngster, sold for 58 guineas. 



The neck of the Arabian is long and arched, and beautifully joined to 

 the chest. The black horse in the frontispiece afforded a perfect speci- 

 men of this. In the formation of the shoulder, next to that of the head,- 

 the Arab is superior to any other breed. The withers are high, and the 

 shoulder-blade has its proper inclination backwards. It is also thickly 

 clothed with muscle, but without the shghtest appearance of heaviness. 



The fineness of his legs and the oblique position of the pasterns might 

 be supposed by the uninitiated to lessen his apparent strength, but the 

 leg, although small is deep, and composed of bone of the densest character. 

 The tendons are sufficiently distinct from the bone, and the starting 

 muscles of the fore-arm and the thigh indicate that he is fully capable of 

 accomplishing many of the feats that are recorded of him. 



As a faitliful specimen of the general form of these horses, with per- 

 haps a little deficiency in the head and neck, we refer once more to the 

 following portrait of a bay Arabian — an animal of the purest cast, pre- 

 sented also by the Imaum of Muscat. It was sold for 410 guineas. The 

 higher price that was given for the black Arabian proves that he was the 

 general favourite ; but the bay one, although not so striking in his figure 

 was a stronger, a speedier, and a better hoi-se. 



BAY ARABIAN. 



The Barb alone excels the Arabian in noble and spirited action ; but if 

 there is a defect about the latter, he is perfect for that which he was 

 designed. He presents the true combination of speed and bottom : 



