The Arabians of written record
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 …
221b Baker Street: The Crabbet Lawsuit (part II) As reported in The London Times ANNOTATED BY R.J.CADRANELL Copyright 1991 by R.J.CADRANELL from Arabian Visions July 1991 Used by permission of RJCadranell Last month this column presented the first three articles the London Times printed about the Crabbet Stud lawsuit. Those anxious to read the rest of the articles are invited to skip ahead …
221b Baker Street: The Crabbet Lawsuit As reported in The London Times ANNOTATED BY R.J.CADRANELL Copyright 1991 by R.J.CADRANELL from Arabian Visions June 1991 Used by permission of RJCadranell Most books and articles about the Crabbet Stud mention the famous lawsuit fought over the horses after Lady Anne Blunt died. Her husband and daughter each had claims to the horses. The 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 …
by R.J. Cadranell II from The CMK Record Spring 1992 X/I, Copyright 1992 BUSHRA (Azrek x Bozra), the eldest of BASILISK's three granddaughters still represented in pedigrees. (Note that the background of this photo is Randolph Huntington's front porch.)BUKRA (Ahmar x Bozra), a personal favorite of Lady Wentworth, and dam of *BERK and *BATTLA.BEREYDA (Ahmar x Bozra), shown as an old mare, was the …
Copyright 1990 by MICHAEL BOWLING used by permission of Michael Bowling published in Arabian Visions Oct 1990 (left to right) RIADA, ROSE OF HIND, KIBLA, RISALA and KASIDA at Crabbet in 1913. (Photo from the Brown collection, courtesy Arabian Horse Owners' Foundation.) Those of us who study the historical Arabians are always looking to expand the range of knowledge: for foundation stock there's …
From the Desert, From the Green: The Imported Arabians of Lewis Payne Copyright by R.J.CADRANELL from Arabian Visions March 1992 Used by permission of RJ Cadranell Of the Americans who imported Arabians from Crabbet, the name of Payne may not be as familiar as Brown, Kellogg, Selby, or Tankersley. Yet Lewis Payne probably spent more time making his selections, and became better acquainted with the …
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 …
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 …
by BEN HUR (Western Horseman May/Jun'45) [Ed. Note: Today Ibrahim is accepted as a Desert-Bred stallion. See footnote (1) below] Aarah No. 1184, chestnut Arabian mare owned by Ben Hur Farms, and her filly foal, Aarafa No. 2870, by Champion Raffles. She and all in her pedigree, including the fourth generation, have the blood of the tap-root stallion, Zobeyni -- a striking example of line-breeding. …