The Arabians of written record
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 …
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 Jan/Feb '35 Part I Part II (Concluded frm preceding issue) NO WRITTEN PEDIGREES IN THE DESERT Then, Mr. Richards explains that in the desert no written pedigrees are kept of the …
Articles of History: Keene Richards' Arabian Importations Conclusion By Thornton Chard from The Horse Jan/Feb '35 Part I Part II Speed says: …
Articles of History: Keene Richards' Arabian Importations By Thornton Chard from The Horse Nov/Dec 1934 Part I Part II "After God, the horses" Thus Cunninghame Graham, in his "Horses of the Conquest," interprets the chroniclers of the Cortez Mexican conquest as to the victorious part played by the horses. (1) And if you will afford yourself the entertainment of reading his book you will be …
by Dr. George H. Conn (Western Horseman Apr'51) Head study of Raseyn taken in 1942 As an owner and breeder of Arabian horses for the past several years, I recall very vividly some early attempts made by us to buy certain desirable Arabian horses. Many owners of Arabian horses, particularly "the Arabian horse," value their horses above money, and strange as it may seem have no desire to sell them. …
by Dr. George H. Conn (Western Horseman Jul '51) Niwka Travelers Rest farm was established in 1792 near Nashville, Tennessee. It was established by John Overton, who came to that community about 1789 and who was a law partner of Andrew Jackson and served on the supreme court of Tennessee after that state was admitted to the Union. The original Travelers Rest farm remained in the family of John …
by Ben Hur (Western Horseman May/Jun '47) General U. S. Grant of Civil War (U.S. 1861-65) fame and twice elected president of the United States, did not live to know that an Arabian stallion presented to him by Sultan of Turkey became many years later, the earliest Arabian stallion to be registered in the stud book of The Arabian Horse Club of America. It was one of those queer quirks of fate by …
by Ben Hur (Western Horseman May 1950) Chicago's World Fair, 1893, officially known as the World's Columbian Exposition, was the focal point from which interest in the Arabian horse was created, which eventually culminated in the formation of the Arabian Horse Club of America, 1908. From the importation of 1893 for the exposition, a mare, *Nejdme, and a Hadji Hassan, renowned expert on Arabian …
by Ben Hur (Western Horseman Jul/Aug '46) additional pictures added One of five Arabian stallions imported by A.Keene Richards direct from the desert between 1852 and 1857. The picture is a reproduction of a painting made in 1867, owned by H.P.Crane, St. Charles, Illinois. Left, in the picture, is Gen. Richard Taylor; center, Capt Cuthbert Slocomb; right, Mr. Richard's groom. The American …