Tag: Davenport

The Ever Expanding Crabbet Universe

The Ever Expanding Crabbet Universe Copyright 1991 by R.J.CADRANELL from Arabian Visions March 1991 Used by permission of RJ Cadranell   Words are defined in one of two ways: the first is by long-standing and widely accepted dictionary definitions. The second is according to how a word is actually used in the living language. As a word's new meaning gains wider and wider acceptance in first …

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Thoughts on the Evaluation of Historical Material

by R.J. Cadranell copyright 1995 from "Scholar's Corner" in CMK Record, XI/3: page 8 & 24 (Preface: This paper [originally written to be read at the 1995 Annual Meeting of the Arabian Horse Historians Association] is confined to commentary on Western writers, since this author is not familiar enough with Eastern writers to include them.) One problem facing writers interested in Arabian horse …

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*El Bulad 29: The New Photo

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 …

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Antezeyn Skowronek 5321

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 …

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The Arabians of Ben Hur Farm

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 …

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Son of the Nobly Bred... Ibn Tirf

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 …

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Davenport Bloodlines in CMK Breeding

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 …

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CMK Sire Lines

(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 …

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CMK Mare Families

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 …

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Excerpted from THE ARAB THE HORSE OF THE FUTURE

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 …

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