the kharijite does not know how to treat his horse except as knights treat their horses. the turk is more skillful than the farrier and better at evaluating his mule according to what he wants from the mount which he has deduced and he has raised it as a foal and follows it if it calls it and if it runs it runs after it. he has accustomed it to that until he knows it as a horse knows the oldest.
والخارجي لا يحسن أن يعالج فرسه إلا معالجة الفرسان لخيولهم، والتركي أحذق من البيطار، وأجود تقويما لبرذونه على ما يريده من الراضة وهو استنتجه، وهو رباه فلوا، وتتبعه إن سماه، وإن ركض ركض خلفه. وقد عوده ذلك حتى عرفه، كما يعرف الفرس أقدم،