THE RACE HORSE. 



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water and abundant pasturage is absolutely necessary in order to rear the animal in a proper 

 manner. Not until the strength and muscles of the animal are developed, is a trial permitted, 

 and then it is truly a terrible one. AVTien the mare — for the male animal is never ridden by 

 the Arabs — has attained her full development, she is mounted for the first time, and ridden at 

 full speed for fifty or sixty miles without respite. Hot and fainting, she is then forced into 

 deep water, which compels her to swim, and if she does not feed freely immediately after this 

 terrific trial, she is rejected as unworthy of being reckoned among the true Kochlani. 



AEAB HORSE. 



For the animals which will stand this terrible test the Arab has almost an idolatrous 

 regard, and will oftentimes spare an enemy merely on account of his steed. 



The Race Horse and Trotting Horse are, perhaps, the most admirable examples of the 

 perfection to which a domesticated animal can be brought by careful breeding and training. 



Whatever may have been its original source, the Racer has been greatly improved by the 

 mixture of Arab blood, through the means of the Godolphin and Derby Arabians. The cele- 

 brated Horse Eclipse was a descendant, on the mother's side, of the Godolphin Arabian, that 

 wonderful animal which was rescued from drawing a cart in Paris, and which was afterwards 

 destined to play so important a part in regenerating the breed of English racers. He was also 

 descended, on his father's side, from the Darley Arabian. It is a remarkable fact, that both 

 parents of this extraordinary animal were unappreciated by their owners ; Marsk, his father, 



