. The Arabian horse, his country and people : with portraits of typical or famous Arabians and other illustrations. Also a map of the country of the Arabian horse, and a descriptive glossary of Arabic words and proper names. vingspent some winters in Bombay, or even ridden gallops after his own fashion onIndian courses. But most Arabs seem to think that the further they lean forward,the more they help the horse that carries them ; like a gentleman rider of former 1 The introduction of this bit, name and all, intoEngland may date from the Crusades. In the Turkishbody-guards which were formed in
. The Arabian horse, his country and people : with portraits of typical or famous Arabians and other illustrations. Also a map of the country of the Arabian horse, and a descriptive glossary of Arabic words and proper names. vingspent some winters in Bombay, or even ridden gallops after his own fashion onIndian courses. But most Arabs seem to think that the further they lean forward,the more they help the horse that carries them ; like a gentleman rider of former 1 The introduction of this bit, name and all, intoEngland may date from the Crusades. In the Turkishbody-guards which were formed in Egypt under thesuccessors of Saladin, every man was a mani-luk, orpiece of property J- and in this way the famous Mame-luke Sultans and Beys passed into history. As forthe bit, its proper place is a museum. Its tendencyto make a horse throw up his head instead of giving to it may be the fault of the rider; but the rawswhich it produces in the flesh under the lower jaw areenough to condemn it. 2 The explanation of a word owning a commonGreek root with our fancy thus appearing amongSemites is its having spread with the Aristotelianvocabulary. Shelley, in Qucai Mab. CHAP. IV. HORSE-BREEDING AMONG THE SETTLED ARABS. iSi. ~~ffi^Sr
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