Tag: Blunt

Bedouin Tribes of the Euphrates

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 …

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Bedouin Tribes of the Euphrates

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 …

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Carlton Cummings and his Skyline Trust Arabians

Rick Synowski Copyright 1995 Used by permission of Rick Synowski from Arabian Visions Mar/Apr 1995 Carleton Cummings holding the weanlings Antezeyn Skowronek and Abu Farwa's Rawia, both by Abu Farwa. Rawia, called by Cummings "the Queen of Diamonds" for her three diamond star, strip and snip, carried two generations of children to show ring victories, the last at age 17 when she was named champion …

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Indian Magic: A Master Breeder’s Masterpiece?

© 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 …

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From Needham Market to Oyster Bay Part I

by Thornton Chard from The Horse May-Jun 1942 Such horses are The jewels of the horsemen's hand and thighs, They go by the word and hardly need the rein John Brown's Body, Book v. S.V.Benet Kismet, Garaveen, Maidan. The mention of these horse notables in Mr. Albert W. Harris' timely article, "Arabs for the Remount," in the November-December The Horse, where he describes the Remount's plan of a …

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J. Hamilton Leigh: Piercing the Veil

by Robert J. Cadranell II ©1991 from The CMK Record IX/2 Winter, 1991 used by permission of Robert J. Cadranell II BINT RANYA (Redif x Ranya), a RIYALA granddaughter, is one of two Leigh-bred Arabians still represented in pedigrees. American Arabian breeders encounter the name of J. Hamilton Leigh infrequently. Nevertheless the name was connected to Crabbet Arabians in England for a period …

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The Double Registered Arabians

by R.J. Cadranell from The CMK Record Summer 1989 VIII/I copyright 1989 In 1791, during the century which saw the writing of great compendiums of knowledge, including Dr. Johnson's dictionary, James Weatherby published in England what was to become the preliminary volume of The General Stud Book, Containing Pedigrees of Race Horses, &c. &c. From the earliest Accounts... In 1808, after …

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Rafyk and Sir James Penn Boucaut: The Arabian Foundations in Australia

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 …

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“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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