72 ILLUSTRATED STOCK DOCTOR. 



In height, he is from fourteen to fifteen hands ; his chest is round ; hU 

 •houlders arc broad, but light, and somewhat obliquely sloping ; Yna 

 >vnthers are thin and rather higli ; his loins are straight and short ; lun 

 flanks and ribs are round and well developed ; his haunehes are strong ; 

 his croup is somewhat too long for nice corresiDondence with the rest of 

 the body ; his quarters are muscular and full ; his legs are clean, and 

 the tendons are clearly marked ; his pasterns, like his croup, are some- 

 what too long and slanting, but not so much so as to amount to real 

 defect ; and his feet are sound and of good shape. But his head is 

 especially beautiful. It is small and lean, while the ears are of medium 

 size and admirably placed. The mane is rather meager ; but the neck 

 rises boldly from the mthers, and gives an impression of ease and grace 

 in carriage. 



In spirit and fleetness he is not regarded as the equal of the Arab 

 much less of the real thorough-bred; but in a certain native vigor and in 

 form he is superior. 



VI. The Persian. 



No traveler to whose writings we have access in this country has 

 sufficiently described the horses of Persia to enable us to point out with 

 exactness the diiference between the inferior and the better breeds tha"" 

 are known to exist in that country. The term the Persian horse i. 

 ordinarily applied to the most excellent of all, which has been celebrated 

 for hundreds of years longer than the Arabian. At the present day, he 

 ha3 a large proportion of Arab blood in his veins. As a general thing, 

 he is somewhat taller than the Arabians ; and in beauty and speed he is 

 their equal ; but his powers of endurance are not so great. 



VII. The Turkish. 



This horse is believed to be descended from the best stock of Arabs,—. 

 crossed, however, with some breed that has given him greater proportions 

 than his ancestors ; at any rate, the Turldsh horse of to-day is full 

 uixteen hands high, often more ; and he is more muscular than the Ai-al), 

 though still of elegant appearance, cleanlimbed and active. It is asserted 

 by some that he is descended from Arabs and Persians ; and it is known 

 that he possesses many of the best qualities of these stocks. Though 

 strong and of sufficient spirit, he is docile, and well adapted to domestic 

 uses. 



An arched neck, with a high crest, is a striking characteristic of the 



'»reed. 



VIII. The Tiirkoman. 



k& we have said elsewhere, none of the Tartar breeds except the Turko* 



