PERSIAN HORSES 



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probable that some of them have been recently crossed 

 with Russian blood. They stand from 14 to 15 hands 

 high, and their usual colour is bay, or chestnut with 

 black mane and tail. They all have a black line 

 (dorsal stripe, p. 330), which is about an inch broad 

 and which extends from the termination of the mane, 

 along the spine to the tail. They have good shoulders, 

 intelligent head, broad breast, heavy body, strong 



Pholo iy] 



Fig. 590. — Bokhara pony (13. i). 



[W. A. Della g\na. 



hind quarters, are well ribbed-up, and have plenty 

 of bone below the knees and hocks. They are, par 

 excellence, the harness horses of Persia, for they can 

 put a great amount of weight into the collar. They are 

 the favourite carriage horses of wealthy Persians ; are 

 used in pairs as cab horses in Teheran ; and do most of 

 the transport-waggon work, each waggon having a team 

 of four horses abreast. They are very seldom ridden. 

 In harness, they are good at a walk or slow jog trot, 



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