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 …
From the Desert, From the Green: The Imported Arabians of Lewis Payne Copyright by R.J.CADRANELL from Arabian Visions March 1992 Used by permission of RJ Cadranell Of the Americans who imported Arabians from Crabbet, the name of Payne may not be as familiar as Brown, Kellogg, Selby, or Tankersley. Yet Lewis Payne probably spent more time making his selections, and became better acquainted with the …
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 …
by Joseph N. White, Arabian Horse World 1981. When we talk about the "greatness" of something, we are usually referring to its impact over a number of years. In this sense of the word, "greatness" aptly defines the influence the old Ben Hur Farms of Portland, Indiana, has had on Arabian breeding in this country. Mr. Herbert Tormohlen, owner of Ben Hur Farms, Portland, Indiana, at his turkey farm …
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 …
by Charles Craver All rights reserved (Copied to this web page by permission of Charles Craver) Letan (*Muson x *Jedah) Foaled 1909. Bred by the Davenport Desert Arabian Stud. Both sire and dam were original imports.Hanad (*Deyr x Sankirah) Foaled 1922. Bred by the Hingham Stock Farm. The most influential Davenport at the Kellogg Ranch.*Wadduda, a famed war mare, imported by Homer Davenport in …
by George H. Conn, D.V.M. (Western Horseman Apr '49) Leopard, the Arabian stallion imported into the United States in 1879 as a gift to Gen. U.S.Grant. (Bottom of image: "The Arabian Stallion presented to Gen. U.S.Grant by the sultan of Turkey. Foaled in 1873 height 15 hands; now owned by Gen. L. Colby, Beatrice, Nebr.") < Linden Tree, a Barb-Arabian sent to U.S. Grant in 1879 RANDOLPH HUNTINGTON …