. 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. e horsemen, but they were rich enough to mountthemselves, regardless of price, on Arabs powerful enough to carry two of pressing the grim grey boar through one most break-neck Deccan gully in par-ticular, what saved them was, that their horses galloped with perfect freedom. How-ever much action may primarily be dependent on conformation, the paces of ahorse accusto
. 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. e horsemen, but they were rich enough to mountthemselves, regardless of price, on Arabs powerful enough to carry two of pressing the grim grey boar through one most break-neck Deccan gully in par-ticular, what saved them was, that their horses galloped with perfect freedom. How-ever much action may primarily be dependent on conformation, the paces of ahorse accustomed to carry a heavy man soon lose their natural sprightliness. There is very little of science in the desert horsemanship. The riding-schooltheory of suppling a colts neck and haunches, and so uniting his powers in themiddle of his body as to lighten the two extremities, and put them properly at thedisposal of the rider, would sound mere town talk to the Bad-u. It has never struckhim that his horses natural mode of progression requires to be improved. Carriedhe is, but he can scarcely be said to rideâat any rate, at the slower paces. Whenanything is on hand, he makes sail with all his canvas out in this fashionâ. ,!*,»ii!si. â ; C- A L.\ Bedouin. Loose as his seat seems, he can hold with his leg-grip a reserve spear between histhigh and the saddle. When his mood is passive a walk contents himâhis mareall of a sprawl under him, blundering along anyhow, and looking from side toside ; with the head and neck perfectly free and unsupported. Once an Osmanligeneral, after an expedition against the Sham-mar, reported with military brevitythat the men had no religion ; the women no drawers ; and the horses nobridles. Not to Sfo back to religion, the other two counts are still true. I40 THE BREEDERS OF THE ARABIAN. BOOK II. Gladly as the Bad-u will pull on a pair of short breeches before mounting fora serious excursion, on other occasions he holds it but a town fashion to partthe
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