New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-04-13
GENERAL GRANTS ARABIAN HORSES. IluHtaicd /
EANnOIPn Iit NIlNGlON Large qraito 80 III. filu'N
IoT tle author by j. b. LIpncou Con paIy

GENERAL GRANTS ARABIAN HORSES. Ilu.uatc4
I6r Tue author by j. b. Lipmncou Con paly
Futne generations will be grateful to Mr.
Huntington for the excellent hkenesseS OF "ener"'
Grants stations I'm This monograph II they are 10 h"-
come the founders of of horses d~t"ctveiy
American" There are horsemen who would give the
price OF a peecn-bow for accurate portrait OF
Old M-scnger ne great prOscnltor Of trotters or even
OF Justin Morgan, whose potent blood - iolnl III 80
many stouthearted Toadsicrs. These slres however
were unapprccitted while they lived, and no ohs
dreamed Of the stamina and quality they were transmit
ting un,l the days of their great grand
children. Mr. Huntington, however does not
need TO wait for history. His fith IN
the STRIPS Ardbica never staggers All he demands Is
the genuine steel OF the desert and then he VIII bld
M family As Count Orlod did by system OF inDreed'
Ing Persons familiar with current horse literature
know his fine enthusiasm for the Cisys-because tho
original Henry Clay haO Grand Bashaw, an imported
Arab for his great Crandsire-and with virgin harem
OF this stock 10 begin with. he has no he7tAuoh III
wing a. result distinct breed OF the highest
quality which VIII prove the National Horse OF
America
There are wcll-intormed persons who would question
the souudness Of OF the premises upon which MI
HUNTINGTON bases his conclusions and the weakness o.
many nuks in the chain of his argument
must be apparent 10 everyone. man who
believes that Justin Morgan Arab on the nrth
,fthe o-caed evidences this book, will hardly
DO credited with tho possession Of juuc'd mint II
may be added that the Goiophin Arabian whose oool'
through Messenger aud HlmbletOna0, IA found IN so
many OF our fastest trotters. was probably no AD al
ALL bnt Barb But laying aside al these controversies
mat never will Dc settled and forgetting hat the nuer
ous impor from the East into TINS country nave
never proved any marked advantage to our horseeSA
30 far a. can dscerned il Is 10 be hoped neYrrthe
less that Mr.. HuntingOn's experiment VIII be carried
ont on the lines he has laid down. Those amin is
presented t. General Grant by the Sultan nave
q hish-brei beauty, symmetry OF form ana
n grace and elasticity OF action tial
,re most striking II they the courage, docihty
and endurance credited to their race they may wei
be chosen ~ the progenitors OF the Ideal American
Horse" The plan proposed would only repeat IN" Prac-
tice OF the expert breeders who have been most success
full I'm improving domestic animals OF different Klnd- by
the time Mr. UuntngIOn's new race Is estahShei the
American rrotter will be maNng miles In two inmates
and the improvement will not be made by any lnS'h
OF Arab blood But horses have other uses than Stuhs
around j,cl planed and sand paperet' track with
no weight behind them. and the sons OF Leopard and
lindon Tree to jud from their pictures give promise
O, Descendants that gentleman would he ashamed to
mount drive.
The book beautifully printed on wide-inargined
papc auG the portraits OF the horses excellent