CHAPTER IV. 



DIPPERENT BREEDS AND THEIR CHARACTERISTICS. 



I. THE INFERIOR VARIETIES: MANY FOUND IN BOTH HEMISPHERES. SOME GOOD, BITl 



LITTLE KNOWN OF THEM. II. SOME CONSIDERED AS TO WORK RATHER THAN BREED; 



THE FARM HORSE; THE HUNTER; THE HACKNEY; HORSES FOR HEAVY DRAFT. lU. 



THE ARABIAN. IV. THE BARB. V. THE ENGLISH THOROUGHBRED. VI. THE 



PERSIAN. VII. THE TURK. VIII. THE TURKOMAN. IX. THE EGYPTIAN. X. 



THE DONGOLA. XI. THE NORMAN PERC HERON. XII. THE THOROUGHBRED IN AMER- 

 ICA. XIII. THE MORGAN. XIV. THE NARRAGANSETT PACER. XV. THE CANA- 

 DIAN. XVI. THE CONNESTOGA. XVII. PONIES. 



I. The Inferior and Little Known. 



Among the great variety of horses there are many that are either of 

 inferior importance or so little known that it is deemed unnecessary to 

 notice them in detail. India, China, Japan, Siam, several of the Euro- 

 pean States, and North and South America, have horses that are in some 

 instances widely different from each other, as well as from the approved 

 breeds ; but they are not known to possess any remarkable excellence, or 

 any distinctive points that are constantly reproduced in their offspring, — 

 so that a mere casual reference to them, with very general statements as 

 to qualities and characteristics, is considered to be sufficient. 



In India alone there are various stocks, known to have been so loner in 

 the various regions of that great country as to seem native to the soil ; 

 but with the exception of the Turko, recognized to be a cross between 

 the Turkoman or South Tartary breed and the Persian, they are regarded 

 as cold blooded and inferior. The Turko is said to carry himself in a 

 grand and stately way, and to be both beautiful and tractable. 



The Tartar and Calmuck horses, with the exception of the Turkoman, 

 which is described elsewhere in this chapter, are for the most part small 

 and ill-made. They are hardy, however, being able to perform great 

 journeys, with burdens disproportioned to their size, and to live on tl.i.^ 

 poorest fare. 



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