148 THE BREEDS OF LIVE-STOCK 
been indigenous to central Europe from the Rhine river 
to the Black sea, and characterized by his great scale, 
grossness, slow awkward movement, sluggish lymphatic 
temperament, black color and extreme development of 
hair; and the oriental horse, native to the desert regions 
of northern Africa, Turkey, Asia Minor, Persia and Arabia, 
the most notable characteristics of which were extreme 
refinement and breediness, beauty of form, spirit and in- 
telligence, speed, stamina and grace of movement, and an 
active nervous temperament. The breeds of the heavier, 
draftier type show a preponderance of the characters of 
the former, while those of the lighter, speed type re- 
semble more closely the latter. The so-called coach 
breeds represent a more or less proportionate blending of 
the two. 
177. Organizations and records. — Barbs are registered 
in the Algerian Stud-book, a book of record formerly 
recognized by the United States Department of Agricul- 
ture. It is said that the number of English and French 
horses in Algeria has led to the Barb being more exten- 
sively crossed with this blood than in Morocco, where 
there are fewer foreign horses, and systematic efforts have 
been made under the direction of the Sultan to keep the 
blood pure. Some Barbs are also registered with Arabians 
in the General Stud-book of Great Britain. 
178. The Turk horse. — This horse, named with the 
Barb and the Arabian as constituting the so-called oriental 
group, has much less significance than either of his contem- 
poraries. Sanders suggests that the horses of Arabia and 
Persia were originally derived from Turkey. In the light 
of recent investigations we are led to conclude that the 
term Turk does not imply any particular stock, but desig- 
nates merely the horses of Turkey. These have been of 
