The Arabians of written record
by GRACE DASHIELL (Western Horseman June, 1950) There are definite and noticeable variations in the conformation of Arabian horses. Most of these can be traced to the influence of the three main family strains. The Muniqui strain seems to be responsible for the tendency of many modern individuals to fall short of the standard of perfection we like to see in the Arab. This strain has been mixed for …
by Michael Bowling © 1995 from CMK Record XI/2 Spring '95 (This discussion is based on outline notes for the talk I gave at the 1994 Annual Meeting of the Arabian Horse Historians Association. The timeliness of the topic is underscored by a comment from the outgoing AHHA president, Carol Schulz, that at least 90% of the Arabian foals registered in the last several stud books are of generalized …
From The Khamsat Vol 9, Num 4, Nov/Dec '92 excerpted from The Arab Horse Spencer Borden, New York, 1906 Maidan at 23 from The Arab Horse Maidan is the last of the great horses that came to England from Arabia through India, whose name can have our especial attention. Many who knew him, including Lady Anne Blunt and the Hon. Miss Dillon, place him even above Kismet, and the opinion is concurred in …
Articles of History: Voices from the Past See Also: Maidan CHAPTER VI - SOME LAST WORDS From: The Arab Horse Chapter II Arabia, And Some of the Bedouins by Spencer BordenNew York, 1906 from the Khamsat VolumeFoun Number Three August 1987 At the northeastern courner of the Mediterranean Sea, just below the point where the southern coast of Asia minor joins the western coast of Syria, lies the town …
221 Baker Street: "The Arabian Horse In Motion... An Anthology Of Glimpses" Compiled by Robert J. Cadranell from ARABIAN VISIONS Jan '91 used by permission of RJ Cadranell Below are some descriptions of the Arab …
Copyright 1997 by R.J. CADRANELL from Arabian Visions Sept/Oct 1997 Used by permission of RJ Cadranell 221b Baker Street: "We met next day and inspected the rooms at 221b Baker Street and at once entered into possession." -- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, A Study in Scarlet Fifteen or more years ago I acquired a reprint of the 1917 catalog of England's Crabbet Arabian Stud. The catalog for the 1917 …
221b Baker Street: Lady Wentworth in the London Times Copyright 1993 by R.J.CADRANELL from Arabian Visions Mar/Apr 1993 Used by permission of RJ Cadranell Founded in 1878 by Wilfrid and Lady Anne Blunt, from 1920 to 1957 the Crabbet Arabian Stud was under the firm hand of their daughter Judith Blunt-Lytton, also known as Lady Wentworth. Lady Wentworth added the stallion Skowronek to the stud, …
Copyright 1990 by R.J. CADRANELL from Arabian Visions March 1990 Used by permission of RJ Cadranell Judith Blunt was five years old when the first Arabians arrived at Crabbet Park in 1878. By the time she died in 1957, she had spent 79 years with the breed, and the Crabbet Stud had owned or bred more than a thousand horses. Her position was unique. Modern Arabian horse breeding in the …
The GSB Arabians © 1996 by Robert J. Cadranell Reprinted from the March-April 1996 issue of Arabian Visions Look at the bottom of most pre-printed Arabian horse pedigree forms and you will likely find explanations of some standard abbreviations. For example, DB stands for Desert Bred, while PASB stands for Polish Arabian Stud Book, and GSB stands for the General Stud Book. What on earth is a …
An Abbreviated History And Description of the Breeding Program by Robert J. Cadranell II revised and copyrighted 1998 by RJ Cadranell II used by permission of RJ Cadranell II Countless times writers have referred to the Crabbet Arabian Stud as the most influential privately owned Arabian stud in the world, and rightly so. The story of the Crabbet Stud and its visionary though eccentric founders, …