The Arabians of written record
Michael Bowling © 1994 (used by permission) from The CMK Record X/4 Winter 1994 Photos: Record archives, as credited This photograph of a handsome grey Arabian at Hingham Stock Farm has resided for as long as I can remember in an antique cigar box of unidentified prints and negatives in the W.R.Brown collection. On my trip to Tucson for the 1992 Al-Marah Winter Forum I was able to take an extra …
by Michael Bowling (copyright) originally appeared in the Oct. '76 issue of the Arabian Horse World Antezeyn Skowronek in May 1976 at age 27. He is by Abu Farwa (Rabiyas x *Rissletta by Nasem) and out of SHARIFA (Antez x Ferdith by Ferseyn). Antezeyn Skowronek was foaled 21 April 1949, bred by E. J. Boyer of Puente, California. He was sired by the quite literally unforgettable Abu Farwa 1960, a …
by Michael Bowling from Arabian Horse World July 1979 copyright by MICHAEL BOWLING used by permission of Michael Bowling first published in the Arabian Horse World July 1979 *Leopard*Linden Tree Engravings of *Leopard and *Linden Tree from Randolph Huntington's 1885 book, General Grant's Arabian Stallions"Wonderful Arabian Horses Presented to General Grant by the Sultan of Turkey"—note that this …
by Michael Bowling from Arabian Horse World July 1979 copyright by MICHAEL BOWLING, used by permission STUMP'S GUY 1081-R the horse recommended to me to represent the Colorado Ranger Horse Association by its executive officer, Mr. John Morris. I was very favorably impressed with the CRHA's attitude, typified perhaps by this choice: STUMP'S GUY is not the horse siring the most foals in 1978, or the …
by Michael Bowling from Arabian Horse World July 1979 copyright by MICHAEL BOWLING, used by permission The Grant stallions arrived in Connecticut on 31 May 1879 aboard the steamer Norman Monarch—14 months after their presentation in Constantinople. They were exhibited at fairs in the mid-Atlantic states through the summer and early fall and then stabled just outside Washington, D.C., at General …
Son of the Nobly Bred... Ibn Tirf copyright 1990 by Joyce Gregorian Hampshire Upland Farm Holliston, Massachusetts Back in the mid 1980's, the proportion of Al Khamsa horses in my herd was not so high as it is today. I started horse-breeding in the early 1970's, with Welsh Ponies, and bought my first Arabian mare in 1975 with the royalties from my first novel. She was a dandy animal with much good …
© R.J. Cadranell II from The CMK Record VIII/2 Fall 1989 used by permission of RJ Cadranell INDIAN MAGIC at age 26, with his long-time handler Fred Rice, in a Parade of Progeny and Personalities at the 1970 British Nationals. Note that one of the judges seated at left, the late Lady Anne Lytton, appears to be unable to keep her eyes off "the prince of horses." Photo by Photonews, © Alexander …
by Michael Bowling from The CMK Record VIII/4 Spring 1990 used by permission of Michael Bowling RAFYK (Azrek x *Rose of Sharon) at Quambi Springs in 1903, age 13. (Photo by "The Critic", courtesy Coralie Gordon; for the record, this is a screen of a copy photo of a photocopy of a 90-year-old newspaper cutting!) RAFYK was a three-quarter brother to ROSE DIAMOND, featured in Record VIII/2; for …
by Michael Bowling Copyright 1979 by MICHAEL BOWLING used by permission published in Arabian Horse World July 1979 Photos from the Carol Mulder collection (unless otherwise noted) ANAZEH 235 -- a painting by George Ford Morris (courtesy Lois M. Berry). ANAZEH 235 as the camera caught him -- a bit of *Naomi's influence shows in the head, but this is a handsome horse. To begin by clarifying one …
by Aaron Dudley Photos from Spide Rathbun Collection from Western Horseman Mar 1952 Two great horses. Jadaan visits the statue of the immortal Seabiscuit at Southern California's famous Santa Anita race track. A special platform was built in the midst of one of Santa Anita's noted pansy beds for this occasion. Probably no horse of modern time -- including the favorite mounts of our current TV and …