136 THE BREEDS OF LIV E-STOCK 
types of saddle horses, with an Arab in open competition. 
Bradley also bred a trotter, two removes from Arab blood, 
that trotted to a record of 2:30 in the sixth heat of his 
first race. He produced the finest types of polo ponies 
and accomplished much with the Arab blood. 
158. Description. — The Arabian in his purity is a 
horse of high courage, possessing length, strength, power 
and substance, combined with elastic and graceful move- 
ment. He is gentle and affectionate. He seems to have 
no fear of anything, even man, a trait shown particularly 
in young colts. In his native country he stands closer to 
fourteen hands and two inches than any other height; but 
his size is merely a matter of the feed given him when he is 
a colt, as is shown by the fact that among the Gomussa 
tribe of the Sabba Anazeh, who pay better attention to 
their horses than do others, we find colts at two years old 
standing fifteen hands high; and at the Circassian villages 
up the Euphrates, where even better care of the live-stock 
is taken than by any of the Bedouins, we find the Arab 
horse much advanced in size. 
There is a peculiar balance and harmony throughout 
the frame of the Arab. The beauty of head, ears, eyes, 
jaws, mouth and nostrils is noteworthy. The ears are not 
small, but are so shaped that they appear small; the head 
is short from the eye to the muzzle, broad and well-devel- 
oped above; the eye is soft and intelligent; the nostrils 
are long and appear puckered, drawn back up the face, 
and are capable of great distention; the neck is a model 
of strength and grandeur, of which he can make a perfect 
arch, that matches the arch of his tail. The throat is 
large and well-developed ; it is loose and pliant when at 
rest, and much detached from the rest of the neck. This 
feature is not often noticed, but it is indicative not only of 
