National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1879-06-13
THE SULTAN'S STATIONS.
Arrival of General Grants Arabian
Horses.
A Commotion Among Horsemen-Doscrip-
ton of the Aninais-rheir Trip from
Constantinopie-sumin Quarters
Prepared for Them mt General
Beale's Farm-A Chat
with Their Guardian.
leopard and Linden Tree.

Leopard and Linden Tree.
The arrival Of General Grants Arabian
stations yesterday morning caused commo.
tion among horscmon, aud Prices stables on
sixth street, where the beautiful stecds were
Kept, were visited during the day by hundreds
of curious people. They came from Phia.
delphia yesterday morning on a special car
over the Baltimore and Potomac Roud, and
were temporarily stabbed ut Prices. They will
be taken to-day or tomorrow to General Bealc's
farm north of the city. there to be kept sub
jcct to the orders Of their distinguished owner
The stations were presented to General Grant
by the Sultan of Turkey and shipped to this
country on tho steamer Norman Monarch,
which arrived In New Haven recently. They
were taken from New lIsven to Suffolk Park,
Philadelphia, by Major j. X. Levitt u we'll
known horseman of Philadelphia and owner
of American Girl. After remaining there a
week they were brought by Major Levitt to
this city.
Prices stables yesterday were thronged dur
ing the whole day, so that the stablcmcn could
hardly attend to their regular duties. Fabu.
lous stories were whispered about the crowd
regarding the great value Of the stations and
their remarkable abilities. The stations oc.
cupied the two first stalls on the left hand
side. In the first was Linden Tree" dark
dapplc gray, and in the other his brother,
Leopard" n dapplc gray of lighter hue They
are both slender, graceful, and light. To the
mind of the romantic visitor, untutore1 in the
art Of horse culture, the arched neclis and
flowing names, the eyes full of life and fire, the
distended delicate nOstrls, the many curves of
beauty in their nlatchless forms, and the slen-
der, graceful, and nervous limbs brought back
memories from the Arabian Nights tales and
visions of Mazeppa upon theiback of the wild
horse living If Ia rfoV,
To the mattcr-of-fact horsemen who do not
regard Byron as an authority on horse flesh,
the beautiful stecds presented only few
points to be examined. They were tested ac-
cOrdiny TO rule, Tie any horse at q country fair
would be inspected. Instead of going into
ecsacies over the line of beauty which marked
the course of the spine, they felt their fctlOcks
spamned their height. looked at their teeth aud
gums, and prodded them at different points of
the body with their fingers Linden Tree"
and Leopard accepted all these attentions
as If they were getting used to them and did
not show any special qualification at the honors
heaped upon them. Outside of the stalls, OIL
pile of blankets, were thrown Il pair Of boots
or leggings which came with the horses from
Turkey, two Of the fiat shoes with which the
animals were shod, when in the Sultai's sta
bles, and other trappings from the land of the
| crescent. The shoes are simply fat pieces of
steel shaped like the bottom of hooi, with a
circular hole about an nch'in diameter in the
centre.
Major Levitt remained near the horses all
| day, and exhibited great patience, AS he was
| obliged to answer the same questions over and
| over again.
Leopard and Linden Tree were their names
in Arabia" he replied, in answer to a question
put by REPUBLICAN reporter. Leopard is
| six years old and Linden Tree five. They are
| both of the same size, and fifteen hands high"
| Did the voyage from Turkey disagree with
them ~
Not bit. They were thirty-four days on
| the water, and when they landed there was
not a putt on them. They were in splendid
condition. An Ohio horse, or any common
| horse, would be shaken up in two days"
The reporter, not being "wel up" on horse
affairs, supposed that the only horses produced
in Ohio were dark horses" but Major Levitt
not regarding the interruption with favor, he
| proceeded with the cross examination
How were they cared for on the ship?"
They came over from Constantinople on the
| steamer Norman Monarch, aud had the whole
ship to themselves, as there WAS no cargo. The
vessel went over laden with" Remington arms
and came back empty. Stalls We're fitted un
III the lower part of the hold, as they would
not be so likely TO be injured there when the
ship rolled as if they were GU deck They lid
a very smooth passage, barring one or two days
Of rough weather. There were 10 blankets OF
|
storm, but they stood up in their stalls"
WHO came with thenr"
| Turks. They had their regular grooms
| from the Sutail's stables-fellows with clothes
of the finest cloth, embroidered with gold
| The blankets and trappings were also of the
finest quality and richly embroidered. The
| Turks WHO came with them remained awhile
in New Haven and then embarked for home
They told me that Leopard and Linden
! Tree were chosen out of 700 stations aud 5OC
mares in the Suital's stables"
What We're the horses fed upon during the
VOYAGE"
BARLEY and honey. Each of the horses had
| half pound of honey to eat a day, which kept
them in good order"
when did you remove their shoes?"
Il went down into the hold of the ship be
fore the horses were taken of and removed tho
old shoes, The frogs of their feet were in
very bad condition They are wearing Amer
can shoes now A good many folks wanted t.
get the old shoes for curiOsities. / was Offered
so aud S25 apiece for them. | am told that il
Turkey horses shod rs these were will so ovcl
the toughest ground"
| Have the horses ever been in harness ~
NO"
"Thcn they have never been speeded Z"
mo. They were exercised during the few
days had them at Suffolk, Leopard, with
man running with him, in harness, trotted
thrcc.mnuto gait, Linden Tree is magnif
cent jumper lie will clear tve-bar gate auC
twenty feet at u bound i think as many IL.
5000 people came out from Philadelphia to Sc,
them
"Does General Grant intend to drive them 2
"Oh, no. He will Use them to improve hi
stock. They will probably never be used fo
any other purpose"
will you have a chance to show Off thei
/ speed her"
well, it can't be done in the city on thos
pavcments They are not used to it, and the!
would be apt to ipjure themselves by plunginj
about. ! may stOpa little while at the Bright
wood park aud exercise them"
; "Whon will you take them from the city p
II am going out to General Beale's farm to
morrow to arrange stalls for them. Then
may take them out tomorrow evening"
A 500 DIAMOND STUD FOR s235, WEIGHING
AZ CARATS PERFECT AND VERY BRIL-