Arabian stallion, SHAHWAN, bred by Ali Pasha, Sherif, Egypt, sold to W. 

 S. Blount, in 1892, and taken by him to England and afterwards sold to pres- 

 ent owner, J. A. P. Ramsdell, Newburg, N. Y. The photograph shows this 

 horse to be a model of symmetry, style and quality. 



DESCRIPTION OF THE ARAB HORSE 



1*HOUGH there is some unreliable sentiment associated with the Arab horse, yet 

 there is not a vestige of doubt but that they are of superior symmetry and 

 quality. This is perfectly summed up by Sheik Abd.-El.-Kader : "The horse 

 of pure descent is distinguished by thinness of its lips, and the cartilage of the nose, 

 by the dilation of its nostrils, by the leanness of the flesh encircling the veins cf 

 the head, by the graceful manner the neck is attached, by the softness of its coat, 

 its mane and the hairs of its tall, by its breadth of chest, the largeness of its joints 

 and leanness of its extremities. According to the traditions of our ancestors, the 

 thoroughbred is still better known by its moral characteristics than its physical 

 peculiarities." Major R. D. Upton in " Newmarket and Arabia" gives the charac- 

 teristics of the Arabian horse in the following statement which is true of those 

 familiar to the author : " The Arabian is a horse of the highest courage, in stature 

 about 14 hands 2 inches, a horse of length, power and substance, combined with the 

 elastic and sinuous-like movement of the serpent. He is a very perfect animal ; 

 he is not exaggerated in some parts large, meagre and diminished in others. 

 There is a balance and harmony throughout his frame not seen in any other horse; 

 the quintessence of all good qualities in a compact form." 



The head of the typical Arabian horse is exceedingly straight and the eye 

 markedly full and bright. Perhaps the most striking feature of the type is the 

 round and extra well ribbed barrel. In action the movement of the legs is very 

 peculiar, being very strong and elastic. Though small, the form is exceedingly 

 smooth and symmetrical, while the evidences of quality are strikingly shown. 



