ARAB HORSES. 



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chest, and which draw the fore Hmbs forward and backward. 

 The comparatively large development of the muscles of his 

 forehand and loins makes him a good weight carrier for 

 his size. The common statement, that Arabs have bad 

 shoulders, has evidently been made by persons who do not 

 know that the kind of shoulders which might be very good in 



Fig. 179. — Captain Beddy's Arab Pony, Blitz. 

 {Drawn from a photograph.) 



one class of riding horse, might be equally bad in another 

 kind of saddle animal. The grandly shaped barrel of the 

 Arab plainly indicates that he has clear wind, strong consti- 

 tution, and that he is a good "doer." Fig. 179 is a drawing 

 from a photograph of Blitz, who was the best 13.1 Arab pony 

 that has ever run in India. 



