THE RACE HORSE. 
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water and abundant pasturage is absolutely necessary in order to rear tbe animal in a proper 
manner. Not until tbe strength and muscles of the animal are developed, is a trial permitted, 
and then it is truly a terrible one. When 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 Kochi ani. 
ARAB 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 Hoese 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, 
