Tag: Dickinson

*Aziza & *Roda

Copyright 1996 by R.J.CADRANELL from Arabian Visions Nov/Dec 1996 Used by permission of RJCadranell The stories of *Aziza and *Roda run parallel. They were bred by Prince Mohamed Ali of Egypt, daughters of his mare Negma, and imported to the U.S. by W.R. Brown in 1932. From Brown's Maynesboro Stud they were sold to General Dickinson of Tennessee. Both mares later had foals by *Raffles, and both …

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What's In A Name? Counting Doves a Century After They Hatch (part 2)

Copyright © 1998 by Michael Bowling (with particular thanks to Margaret Dickinson Fleming) originally published in Arabian Visions Oct 1998 used by permission (with added photos) After the early 1930s the BINT YAMAMA horses were universally referred to as of the Kehilan Jellabi strain. In later editions of PASB the strain of KAFIFAN was changed to Kehilan. No hint of a connection between Prince …

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What's In A Name? Counting Doves a Century After They Hatch (part 1)

Copyright © 1998 By Michael Bowling (with particular thanks to Margaret Dickinson Fleming) originally published in Arabian Visions Oct 1998, used by permission (with added photos) Names in 19th-century Egypt do not appear to have been the hard-edged entities we would like them to be; Ali Pasha Sherif himself first comes to our attention, buying horses at the auction put on by the heirs of Abbas …

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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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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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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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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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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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Arab Families (1950)

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 …

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