The Arabians of written record
(an abstract of "The CMK Sire Lines in the 21st Century" in CMK Heritage Catalogue III) by Michael Bowling © Copyright 1997 The subject of sire lines is an interesting one. In a sense they can be taken as canaries in the genetic coal mine--where traditional sire lines persist, it usually (though not always) means someone is selecting for a traditional stamp of horse, or at least paying attention …
The original Crabbet/Maynesboro/Kellogg mare families: Foundation of a unique North American gene pool one hundred years in the making Rick Synowski © Copyright 1992 Used by permission of Rick Synowski. First published in the CMK Heritage Catalogue Volume III This treatment reflects the CMK dam line picture before the 1993 revision of the CMK Definition. -- MB While CMK Arabian horses have come to …
A Catalogue of GSB Arabians Registered in the United States compiled and with an introduction and additional notes by Robert J. Cadranell Review by Michael Bowling (copyright 1996): One of the genuine scholars operating in the Arabian horse field has researched all the GSB-eligible Arabians registered in AHR, from AHR #'s 4 through 519442. This represents an unequalled source of …
by Hon. Sir James Penn Boucaut The Khamsat Vol 10 Num 4 Nov 93 The author, in Australia at 73 years old on his beloved stallion Rafyk (1890) by Azrek x Rose of Sharon. Ed. note: While this book is very old and hard to find, it is much enjoyed by those who have the opportunity to own it. It primarily focuses on the value of Arabian blood within the equine species. It was published in 1905 (before …
Copyright © 1991 by Debra L. and Jerald F. Dirks Used by permission. Originally published in the September 1991 Arabian Visions Introduction Homer Davenport and Lady Anne Blunt were two major pioneering figures in early Arabian breeding in the Western world, both having taken the time and made the effort to secure horses directly from the Arabian desert. Lady Anne's contributions to Arabian …
by Ben Hur (Western Horseman Mar 49) The Thoroughbred is the oldest of the improved breeds of horses known to the world today and was first to be registered in a stud book of its own. There seems to be absolutely no recorded history of any particular line of descent of horses that antedates the Thoroughbred which has been maintained through the past two centuries. The most aristocratic of the …
by BEN HUR (Western Horseman May/Jun'45) [Ed. Note: Today Ibrahim is accepted as a Desert-Bred stallion. See footnote (1) below] Aarah No. 1184, chestnut Arabian mare owned by Ben Hur Farms, and her filly foal, Aarafa No. 2870, by Champion Raffles. She and all in her pedigree, including the fourth generation, have the blood of the tap-root stallion, Zobeyni -- a striking example of line-breeding. …
by Ben Hur (Western Horseman Jul/Aug 1945) Is size in the horse influenced by in-breeding? Have you had the impression that dire results would follow if horses (and other livestock) closely akin were mated? Have you believed that the offspring from closely related matings would be deformed, small, weak as well as vicious, or deficient in brain capacity? It seems that the most commonly accepted …
Bedouin Tribes of the Euphrates (part II) by Lady Anne Blunt orig pub in 1879 EDITED, WITH A PREFACE AND SOME ACCOUNT OF THE ARABS AND THEIR HORSES BY W. S. BLUNT IN TWO VOLUMES VOLUME ii FRANK CASS & CO. LTD. 1968 CHAPTER XXVIII, ON HORSES. PART I PART II CON'T Of diseases there are few among the Bedouin horses. I have never heard of an instance of roaring, and only once of broken wind. An …
Bedouin Tribes of the Euphrates (part I) by Lady Anne Blunt orig pub in 1879 EDITED, WITH A PREFACE AND SOME ACCOUNT OF THE ARABS AND THEIR HORSES BY W. S. BLUNT IN TWO VOLUMES VOLUME ii FRANK CASS & CO. LTD. 1968 CHAPTER XXVIII, ON HORSES. PART I PART II "A neighing quadruped, used in war, and draught and carriage." Arab horse-breeding -- Obscurity respecting it …