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over the lawn in the pride of his nobility, disdaining the earth 
and seeming to aspire to some lofty, heroic deed ! His crest 
is formed into a beautiful curve, his limbs tingling with the quick 
flow of royal blood, have assumed the most graceful posture or 
motion ; his sides throb with the life-pulses of a noble heart; 
his crimson-lined nostrils glow with ambition’s fires ; and his 
large beautiful eye, deep as the sea, yet full of kindness, is ra¬ 
diant with light and intelligence. Or see him again upon the 
war-field as he dashes upon the foe with with the fury of the 
whirlwind bearing the. steel-clad w T arrior “to glory or the 
grave/’ No wonder that he became the inspiration of that 
grand old Arabian poet, who thus graphically described him : 
“ Hast thou given the horse strength ? Hast thou clothed 
his neck with thunder ? Canst thou make him afraid as a grass¬ 
hopper ? The glory of his nostrils is terrible. He paweth in 
the valley, and rejoieeth in his strength ; he goeth on to meet 
the armed men. He mocketh at fear and is not affrighted ; 
neither turneth he back from the sword. The quiver rattleth 
against him, the glittering spear and till shield. He swallow- 
eth the ground with fierceness and rage; neither believeth he that 
it is the sound of the trumpet. He saith among the trumpets, 
ha, ha, and he smelleth the battle afar off, the thunder of the 
captains and the shouting.” 
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If I were to define in general terms, what the horse should be 
—what his form, color, size, &c., I would say, let him be so 
symmetrical, that at first sight you would get no idea but that 
of the toute ensemble, as the French would say—the whole to¬ 
gether. There should be no one feature so prominent as to at¬ 
tract immediate attention. He should have some decided color 
indicative of mark —either perfectly white, chestnut sorrel, 
deep bright bay, with black mane and tail, or a jet black; and 
his coat should be fine, soft and glossy. When these points 
were secured, then I would symmetrically enlarge or diminish 
the skeleton to correspond with .the use to which I intended to 
put him; though there should of course be a limit; for after a 
