, 1879-06-22
TWO KINDS OF PEpIGREEs.

A New York Sun correspondent recently had
an hours talk with Mr.. 4. Kcenc Richards, Of
Kentucky, who has made the breeding Of race
horses the study Of lifetime, and given partic-
u!ar attention to Arabian blood. Many years
ago he made three journeys to the Desert Of
Sahara for the purpose Of purchasing the very
best Al sbian stallIons and mares. he was sue
cessful but SO great WAS the expense involved
that 1t is doubtful if the venture WiL ever prove
paying one. Mr.. Richards las great faith IN
the success OF his experiment, however, and be-
leves that by a judicious infusion OF Arabian
blood into that Of the American thoroughbred
a race OF horses will be produced that
for stoutness and speed will beat the
world. One Of the results of Mr.. Richards
system OF breeding is the Well-known stallion
Limestone, bv War Dauce, dam Transylvan1a-
This mare is by Massond, an Arab horse brought
to this country twenty odd years ago Lime
stone is magni1cent-looking chestnut, sixteen
hands high, and in his 4-year-old form won
twenty races, beating some Of the best horses
In America, not only on the flat, but as hurdle
Jumper. TransYf7ania is. wonder in her way.
She is now * years old and, during the past
twenty years, has produced twenty-oue foals,
giving birth last spring to twins.
Perhaps as interesting document Ia the Hay
of pedigree as can be found in this country is
the one received by Mr. Richards with a gray
colt purchased By him at the Bcdouius. It reads
as follows:
RAnApoy Fl, 1879. This is to certify that at
bought from Shek llalnmed. ESQ.,, Sohiman, the
son OF sha1an. the gray horse. even the horso Of
shalan, even The Shelf Of ths Arabs OF Anayzs.
The said horse is Kohcylau the son Of An old 10
heylan father and Of RI old koheylan. mother. We
med, the Apostle at God, arc Witnesses. There Ia
no better horse, being from he side Of both father
ard ot1sr e1ood t hosss F.. me j. kohey!an the
purer than milk. He was born md brought up in
This is tho genealoey Of the said horse. God is
Tue sale was made at the Island OF Sophia.
[seal] HAAaEpE Es. Son1MAN,
Witnesses: The Son OF Shaan.
Nohammcd. the son OF Mashial.
Akhef, the sou 0! Mashaul.
Ish- she "a tab. agent Of Fysal- Ish- Shalan.
urrEp STATES Coz; coxsu1ATE Mhst BExnoEr 1S 3uly
o af onsl
.[seal] HENRY WooD, Consul.
tsThc writer OF this document, who stands IN
need of God," will apply with great emphasis:
to American horse-dealers, but none Of them
would be found willing to admit it with as much
candor as did Sohiman, the son Of Shaiau.
The pedigree may seem to persons iuexperi-
enced IN such matters rather long one. but it
is not to be compared to those wl1ich are turned
out in Kentucky. Not long since Z Chicago
man visited the Blue-Grass region in search Of
q trotter. No sooner had he set foot OF Zen
lucky soil than his mtssion was known to every
inhabitant of the State, and he Was besiegcd
from morning till night by men who had 1.-THE
finest trotters In the worlu," and were anxious to
dispose Of the phenomenon at low price. Every
horse Of the one hundred and odd to which the
Chicagoan received \ personal Introduction had
a pedigree, most Of them running back to the
bay stallion that Noah took aboard the. Ark, and
none stopping short Of William the Conqueror.
pulled from one stable to another during the
day, the visitor would return to his hotel At
night to sleep uneasily and dream OF going down
the boulevard At . tRo~ninuto clip in wagon