146 THE BREEDS OF LIVE-STOCK 
Grant and used by Randolph Huntington in his creation 
of the Clay Arabian. Most important of recent importa- 
tions are those of Homer Davenport, the most conspicuous 
individual of which is Haleb (Fig. 21). 
174 Description. — The Barb is fourteen to fifteen 
hands in height, short of body in proportion to length of 
limb, his whole form being conducive to speed. The 
head is beautifully proportioned, with a neat ear, broad, 
full forehead, large, clear, prominent eye, flashing fire and 
yet expressing intelligence, a deep jowl with open angle, 
a trim muzzle and a nostril thin at the margin, capable of 
great dilation and continually in play. The head is nicely 
set on a rather long, high-crested neck, well cut-out in the 
throttle and giving the head a lofty carriage; shoulders 
well laid-in and sloping, well set-up at the withers; deep, 
well-arched rib; somewhat drooping croup, although the 
tail is carried high; straight hind-leg, long pasterns and 
rather deep, narrow feet of the most superior texture of 
horn. 
The prevailing colors in Barbary are dark bay, brown, 
chestnut, black and gray. Ridgeway concurs with other 
authors in his conclusions that bay with some white mark- 
ings, as a star or a blaze, together with white coronets, was 
the original color of the pure Barb. He reasons that the 
rigid course of sélection which modern, scientific breeding 
has established for the improvement of the race is, inciden- 
tally, gradually eliminating all but bays and allied browns 
and chestnuts, and indicates the final exclusion of all but 
the bays. Statistics regarding the winners of the prin- 
cipal racing events bear out this conclusion. Thus, as the 
“blood tells,” the bay color predominates. 
175. Use of the Barb. — Some idea of the extent to 
which the oriental blood has proved a potent factor in the 
