Show I r SOMETHING OF HORSES S An n exchange tells us that What i is known as ac the th California horse or mustang I is b in iii inis his hie 5 is ancestry and essential an Arab His ilis forebears I were ore brou brought bt b by the Arabians into loin in Minor linor thence bytho by r tho ho conquering Moslems 1 0 18 into the Barbary countries thence b by iv the Moors into Spain thence b bv by the Spaniards to horseless horse horse- I I less es America and thence to Mexico o whence they th- spread throughout bout the western WOl half of the continent lard Hard faro fare farond I I and nd inbreeding din have ha dett deteriorated the tho mustang at some sonic points but in in his essential al qualities the California is till still a true truo son IOn of the desert lesert The Tho attempt is now DO being bint made nado to improve the breed by the importation of Arab lock S things in the fore foregoing should be modified The war horses of Spain for many generations have havo come from two of her provinces One Ono ha has been a agla gla gray the other a smaller and sturdier bay The gray grays I is s the tho breed which transferred to Hungary ary now sup sup- I pI ply the cavalry and 1 d artillery horses hors's of of A Austria Hun gar gory ary garand and Saud there is is no HO finer among all the tho armies of I the he earth Indeed no no nation has so splendid war warhOl warhorses I I hOl horses ies as Austro i S It was the bay bar breed of Spain that Cortos Cortes had for forlis his lis troops the horse of Andalusia while th the o officers cers rode Barbs What were left of these horses horseM were turned out in ill Mexico when Cortes finished his conquest con q quest est and aud from these the mustang has has' materialized And a a. new infusion of Arabian blood will be no improvement for is the above extract says the brain of the mustang has deteriorated deteriorate A new infusion of Arabian blood will not cure this while on the other hand land it will not a add d to the size and strength of or orthe the animal and as ns horseback riding is growing less and ande less e s a larger animal is demanded A re of heavier coarser stock produces a stronger work workhorse workhorse horse lorse but as a rule their disposition is bad Horses I I like liko men to be lC great must have gre great t mothers and I I mustang mothers leave little to hope for I I |