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THE ARABIAN HORSE. 



a few of the more celebrated breeds, valuable for the qualities 

 of elegance, or fleetness, or vast strength j but for full infor- 

 mation on their exploits in the field, their services in the shafts, 

 and at the plough, together with the " rules of good-breeding," 

 we must refer the. reader to Elaine's Encyclopedia of Sports 

 (1839), and Youatt's History of the Horse, in The Farmer s Library 

 of Useful Knowledge. 



THE ARABIAN HORSE. 



With the exception of the Barb or Barbary horse, sometimes 

 called the Godolphin, there is no horse to surpass the Arabian 

 in form. In the latter breed the head is of superior make, and 

 characterized by the broadness and squareness of the forehead, 

 the shortness and fineness of the muzzle, the prominence and 

 brilliancy of the eye, the smallness of the ears, and the beautiful 

 course of the veins : the body is light, the withers are high, and 

 the legs though fine, have such muscles as render the animal 

 fully capable of accomplishing many of the feats recorded of it. 



