II THE ENGLISH THOROUGHBRED ai 
small feet, the neck properly set, neat head, 
square muzzle, strong throat, and sharp-cut 
jaws, 
(2) The Common Barb. Inferior in quality, 
drooping quarters, long head and ears, but 
often reaching 15 to 15.2, and even 16 
hands in height. 
(3) The Tunisian are big Barbs, well covered with 
muscle, possessing arched necks, with big long 
heads, carrying more flesh and showing less 
quality than the two former classes. Owing 
to the attempts of the French Government in 
Algeria to improve the size, appearance, and 
quality of the Barb by placing English and 
Anglo-Arab stallions at the free service of 
the natives and all others, it will soon be 
difficult to know whether the native horses 
are pure Barbs or not. There are many 
who fear that the qualities of wear and 
tear and endurance on scant nourishment 
in a trying climate, are now being sacrificed 
to quality and appearance. 
The Thoroughbred 
The history of the origin of the English 
Thoroughbred would be foreign to the object of 
this book, and yet no work on horse-breeding, how- 
ever unpretending, can pass altogether unnoticed 
the race that has given its value to most of our 
lighter breeds, and which is by far the surest source 
to go to for renovation and improvement. Let 
those who wish, learn, as far as it can be learnt, 
