14 The Horse Farrier. 



and was not known on any part of the American conti- 

 nent until introduced by Europeans. The wild Horse 

 of South America descended from two stallions and 

 four mares which the Spanish adventurers left there. 



The principal breeds and varieties which now pre- 

 vail in the United States, are the common horse, de- 

 scended from the common horses originally introduced 

 by the English colonists, and mixed, more or less, with 

 varieties of later introduction : the Arabian ; the Mor- 

 gan ; the thorough-bred or Race-Horse ; the Canadian ; 

 the Norman ; the Cleveland Bay ; and the American 

 Trotting-Horse. 



The mongrel known as the " common horse," is too 

 various in blood, and too multiform in his characteris- 

 tics, to admit of any particular description. 



THE ARABIAN HOESE. 



This Horse deservedly occupies the highest rank. 

 As late as the seventh century, the Arabs had no horse 

 of value. The horses they obtained from Capadocia, 

 and other horses that were obtained from their neigh- 

 bors, were preserved with eo much care, and so uni- 

 formly propagated from the finest animals, that in the 

 thirteenth century they had obtained a just and un- 

 rivaled celebrity. 



The Arabs divide their horses into three classes, the 

 Attechi, or inferior bred, which are of little value ; the 

 Kadischi, or mixed breed ; and the Kochlani, or 

 thorough-bred, whose genealogy, according to the 

 Arabian account, is known for two thousand years. 



The Arabian Horse would not be acknowledged by 

 every judge to possess a perfect form. His head, how- 



