. The American farmer's horse book;. Horses. 14 AMERICAN FARMER'S HORSE BOOK. ical structure and his disorders that they place him nearer man than do those of any of the other beasts of the field. The history of the horse affords us no evidence that there has been any improvement in the race since Pharaoh and his hosts of horsemen and chariots were overthrown in the Red Sea, The Arabs have always liad the finest horses in the world, and their great attection for them has been most re- markable. Among no people has the art of breeding and training the horse been carried to such perfection as am
. The American farmer's horse book;. Horses. 14 AMERICAN FARMER'S HORSE BOOK. ical structure and his disorders that they place him nearer man than do those of any of the other beasts of the field. The history of the horse affords us no evidence that there has been any improvement in the race since Pharaoh and his hosts of horsemen and chariots were overthrown in the Red Sea, The Arabs have always liad the finest horses in the world, and their great attection for them has been most re- markable. Among no people has the art of breeding and training the horse been carried to such perfection as among the wandering tribes of the desert; and nowhere else has there been such freedom from disease, unless it be among the ponies of the Western Indians. It does not, then, require in- telligence nor cultivation to have good horses, or even the best. And whether the horse has advanced in improvement since the earlier ages, he certainly has become much more subject to disease, and much more so in those countries Avhere the greatest efforts have been made for the improve- ment of fine breeds. Among the horses of England and France there is three times as much disease as in America, and ten times more in the older States than among the wild horses of the plains of Texas, or the Indian ponies. Both disease and degeneracy have kept pace with the efi:brts of stable breeding and management? But few persons are aware that on these plains are to be found some of the finest horses in the world—in size and form and mo- tion—some of them of the most perfect symmetry and models of beauty, and possessing all the va- ried movements of gracefulness and agility characterizing the horse trained under the most careful supervision, and often in a much more perfect degree. Said an old Texan ranger to the author, as they were riding together across the great prairies, " Have y "»u heard. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally e
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