“Leopard” and “Linden”, General Grant’s Arabian Stallions

HISTORY IN BRIEF OF "LEOPARD" AND "LINDEN," GENERAL GRANT'S ARABIAN STALLIONS, PRESENTED TO HIM BY THE SULTAN OF TURKEY IN 1879. ALSO THEIR SONS "GENERAL BEALE," "HEGIRA," AND "ISLAM," BRED BY RANDOLPH HUNTINGTON ALSO REFERENCE TO THE CELEBRATED STALLION "HENRY CLAY" PRINTED FOR THE AUTHOR BY J.B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY, 1885. by Randolph Huntington ______________ GENERAL U.S. GRANT'S ARABIAN …

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Arabian Blood For Stamina Part I

Articles of History: ARABIAN BLOOD FOR STAMINA Keene Richards' Own Account of His Two Desert Expeditions and His Arabian Importations. Edited by Thornton Chard With illustrations and notes collected by him from The Horse Nov/Dec '35 Part I Part II Since writing the article which appeared in THE HORSE, (1) on Keene Richards' Arabian importation, I found, unexpectedly, a letter, written in 1906, by …

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Carl Raswan–-Obituary by Alice Payne

Articles of History: Carl Raswan Dies by Alice Payne The Arabian Horse News, Nov-Dec 1966              Carl Raswan, born March 7, 1893, at Castle of Reichstedt, near Dresden, Germany, died October 14, 1966, at Santa Barbara, California            Carl, without a doubt in my opinion, …

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The Descent of Anazeh Table I: The First Four Generations of Descent from *Leopard

by Michael Bowling Copyright 1979 by MICHAEL BOWLING used by permission of Michael Bowling published in Arabian Horse World July 1979 Photos from the Carol Mulder collection (unless otherwise noted) TABLE I: The First Four Generations of Descent from *Leopard 233 Name (Mares In Italics) AHR number color sex year foaled breeder ANAZEH 235 ch c 1890 Randolph Huntington NEJD 236 ch c 1894 Huntington …

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The Descent of Anazeh (Part 2)

by Michael Bowling Copyright 1979 by MICHAEL BOWLING used by permission of Michael Bowling published in Arabian Horse World July 1979 Photos from the Carol Mulder collection (unless otherwise noted) Rafissa 1695 (*Raffles x Ydrissa), Gina Manion up, 1950's. Arthur Ball, president of Ball Jar Company (home canners in the audience will nod wisely at the name), bought the George horses around 1935, …

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The Descent of Anazeh (Part I)

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 …

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Excerpted from The Horse & His Master

Articles of History: Cover Story Excerpted from THE HORSE & HIS MASTER by Vere D. Hunt, Esq.., London, 1859The Khamsat Vol 8, Num 1, Feb. 1991   ...the good points which on the other hand are to be looked for, are those considered desirable in all horses that are subject to shocks, i.e. 'concussion of the gallop.' Calf knees are generally bad in the race-horse, and are very apt to be …

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Rancho San Ignacio: A Look Back

Rancho San Ignacio: A Look Back Copyright R.J.CADRANELL from Arabian Visions May-June 1997 Used by permission of RJ Cadranell             In reviewing Richard Pritzlaff's life with Arabian horses and reading what he has written about them, several themes come out again and again. This simplifies things for a writer: include most of them and the …

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A Hungarian Horseman in Egypt: General Von Pettko-Szandtner and the Arabians of the Agricultural Organization

copyright by R.J.CADRANELL from Arabian Visions May/Jun 1993 Used by permission of RJCadranell Between the two world wars, the Hungarian state stud of Babolna "was known as the Mecca of European Arab breeding," Erika Schiele wrote in The Arab Horse in Europe. She continued, "The stud owed this prestige mostly to the unforgettable General Tibor von Pettko- Szandtner, commandant from 1932 to 1942. …

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Jadaan: The Horse That Valentino Rode

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 …

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