The Arabians of written record
Copyright 1990 by Michael Bowling, used by permission Originally published in Arabian Visions March/April 1990 Full Steam Ahead: 1899-1906 The 1898 Crabbet foal crop, which had jumped by 10 over that of 1897, marked a new peak in numbers and initiated an era of sustained production. The smallest foal crops at Crabbet would now hover around the pre-1898 record high of 14. In this period the new Ali …
Jimmie Dean Remembered Arabian Visions July 1991 Copyright 1991 Used by permission of Arabian Visions Jimmie Dean, long-time manager of Selby Stud, died in his sleep at his home in Kentucky during the night of March 21, 1991. In preparing this issue, …
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 March 1951) IS THE ARABIAN horse a gift of nature, a natural , primary type like the wild beast of the fields and forests? Or is it a modified and developed type, created under man's influence? Type is that distinctive, familiar shape which immediately identifies a horse and classifies it with its breed. Type makes the breed. The type of your favorite breed is as …
by Ben Hur (Western Horseman Mar/Apr'44) Raffles, by champion Skowronek, out of champion Rifala. Friends and students of Arabian horses will be deeply interested in the report that the castle and estate of Count Potocki in war-harassed Poland have been saved from destruction. A deep American interest in the Arabian horses of Poland arises from the fact that during the past ten years or so the …