. 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. ~~ffi^Sr. / -2N Arab Horsemans Bit and Bridle. 152 THE BREEDERS OF THE ARABIAN. BOOK II. days famous for his long proboscis, who, when he won on the post, as he often did, and M by a nose was the judges verdict, used doubly to enjoy the joke. In watching a fan-tds of Arabs, their draperies all a-flutter, and their bodiesswayed in every direction, one wonders that the mares
. 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. ~~ffi^Sr. / -2N Arab Horsemans Bit and Bridle. 152 THE BREEDERS OF THE ARABIAN. BOOK II. days famous for his long proboscis, who, when he won on the post, as he often did, and M by a nose was the judges verdict, used doubly to enjoy the joke. In watching a fan-tds of Arabs, their draperies all a-flutter, and their bodiesswayed in every direction, one wonders that the mares so seldom fall, and theriders so seldom tumble off. The Jwrscmans grave is ahaays open} is one of theirsayings; but badly as their horses joints, especially the hocks, fare in theseexercises, accidents are rare. Another feature of Arab life, both settled and nomadic, which bears onArab horse history, is the royal sport of hawking. In Arabia and Persia,the ancient union between horse and hawk and greyhound is happily stillunbroken. On arriving after mid-day in a Bedouin encampment, one may findthat half of it is sleeping; and that the only inmate of the Shekhs coffee-tent isa sagar^ or falcon. Townsmen spare no pains to procur
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