Present Varieties of the Horse. 1 3 



it is a still stronger proof of his Arabian ancestry, or, at 

 all events, an argument against his claim to Barbary as a 

 native clime. 



The Dongola horse is another African variety, of a 

 much larger size than either the Arab or the Barb, but 

 more leggy. I am not aware that any of this breed have 

 reached this country. 



The Persian is a small-sized horse, and quite as elegant 

 as the Arabian, but not nearly so enduring. 



The Turkoman, again, is a larger breed, but without 

 the elegance of form of the Arab and Persian. They are 

 light in the barrel, and leggy, with coarse heads and ewe- 

 necks ; yet they are endowed with very stout and lasting 

 qualities, and they are said to travel very long distances 

 without distress. This is only another instance of the 

 oft-quoted adage, " that the horse can go in all forms." 



The Cossack horses are reared at liberty, and in large 

 herds, and they were long said to be, in consequence of 

 this fact, of unrivalled speed and stoutness; but in the 

 celebrated race run in Russia in 1825, they were easily 

 beaten at all points by an English horse of second-rate 

 powers, carrying also more weight. They are small and 

 rough-looking, yet spirited, and capable of doing all that 

 can be expected from spotty. 



The Turkish horse is supposed to be nearly pure Arab, 

 with a cross of the Persian and Turkoman. He is a 

 very fine, high-spirited, and elegant horse ; but, although 

 the English race horse includes in his parentage several 

 Turkish importations, as the Byerly, Helmsley, and Bel- 

 grade Turks, it is doubtful whether these were at all similar 

 to the present breeds met with at Constantinople. Indeed, 

 as Turkey in Europe and Turkey in Asia are together 

 spread over a large surface of the Eastern hemisphere, 

 the mere name cf Turkish horse does not describe very 

 closely his birth and parentage. 



The East-Indian and Australian horses are ot 

 various mixed breeds, some being Arabs, some Persians, 

 and others Turks and Barbs ; while others again are of 

 English blood, but these degenerate rapidly, and though 

 serviceable in crossing with the Arabian or the Barb, yet 



