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purposes. The principal cause of the change in organization, that 
produced by intercopulation, is immediate and discernible. The 
secondary cause of climate, soil, modes of feeding and training, is 
not so perceptible, as its effect on the organization is very slow, 
often interrupted, sometimes ceases, without affecting the health; 
at other times producing in the animals disease. The English 
race-horse is bred and trained to bring forth the full extent of his 
powers, quick growth, size, substance, condition, health. Is this 
incompetency for military purposes'? Certainly not. The con¬ 
verse of this is oftener found in the Arabian, quicker growth, loss 
of size and substance, and delicacy of health from poorness of con¬ 
dition, and high caste alone enables him to support the fatigue he is 
frequently obliged to undergo. 
“ Arabian Horses .—The foal, although but a day old, followed 
the dam the whole way, without the least* suffering. It is not 
surprising that the Arab horses are so hardy, when from the day of 
their birth they commence the most arduous journeys. This little 
It is certain that large studs of Arabian horses are kept in Persia by means 
of wealth and power, and that the Persian horses are greatly indebted to 
Arabs for their high qualities. “ Tazee is applied, by breeders and merchants, 
to express a horse of the highest extraction, lively, active, vigorous, and with 
great speed and fire, in opposition to qualities found in the Toorkey. The 
Iran Tazee is commonly described under the term Iran only.” 
“ At the time of the descent of Timur Shah into Hindostan, a considerable 
number of Persian or Ir~n horses, it is recorded, were brought to the Punjab, 
and secreted there, from which the present breed, distinguished by the term 
Jungle Tazee, is said to be descended; the dry soil and climate of the 
Punjab being particularly favourable to the breeding of horses, the propaga¬ 
tion of them became an object of emulation and profit.” 
“ Before the invasion of Nadir Shah, the Punjab, it is credibly asserted, 
was famed for the production of a fine breed of horses, which circumstance at 
least confirms the general opinion, that the horses now produced there par¬ 
take of the Persian breed: and a strong contrast in their tempers, supported 
by many other discriminating marks, will illustrate the opinion, founded on 
the full investigation of the subject, that the Tazee is of a distinct breed 
from the genuine Toorkoman, whose origin is beyond the reach of inquiry.” 
“ Cuteh Tazee .—This breed is said to have been crossed by Arabs, and the 
accident to which the improvement of this branch of Tazees in indebted is 
accounted for thus, vide Ayeen Akbarree, vol. i, page 167:—An Arabian 
merchant had six choice Arab horses on board his ship, which was cast away 
in the Gulf of Sind, from which horses the breed is supposed to have sprung.” 
“ The Kottiwar Tazee , a horse produced near Guzerat. Doman Tazee, 
brought from the hills bordering on Candhar, &c.”— Pigott. 
Hungary is remarkable for a fine breed of horses, highly esteemed by mili¬ 
tary officers. 
The little Neapolitan blood horses only returned with the Emperor Napo¬ 
leon from Moscow. Many other proofs might be brought forward that high 
caste horses have always been preferred for military services. 
* Query, apparent ? 
