12 The AH of Biding 



No whip or spur is ever needed to obtain from him 

 the utmost speed he is capable of; and his great 

 delight is to spend his strength and swiftness 

 in his master's service. 



Comparing the Arab horse of the desert 

 and all his fine qualities with our own English 

 horses and their often vicious tempers, many 

 will come to the conclusion that the Arab 

 is gifted by Nature with a docility of tem- 

 per which has been denied to the European 

 horse. And when we consider how common 

 it is for our horses to develop bad qualities, 

 and how rarely we find any exhibit the gentle- 

 ness and intelligence of the Arabian steed, it must 

 be confessed there is apparently much reason 

 for the behef. But it is not so: the Arab horse 

 is by Nature in all essentials precisely the same 



