Part I.
SOURCES OF INFORMATION.
Remarks by the Emir Abd-el-Kader.—Treatise on the Horse.
ON THE ORIGIN OF THE ARAB HORSE.—Four great epochs; Creation of the horse; Change of coat; Moral qualities of the thorough-bred.
THE BARB.—Oneness of the race; Letter from M. Lesseps on the Alexandria races; Weight carried by African horses.
Traditional love of the horse; Arab proverbs.
Superiority of the horses of the Sahara.
BREEDS.—Incontestable purity of the Saharene Barb; Endurance of the Arab; Two varieties of the horse.
THE SIRE AND THE DAM.—Mare and foal; Influence of the sire; Purity of race.
REARING AND BREAKING IN.—Early training; Elementary Exercises; Names.