Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-11-29

by her grateful sons chief ruler of the
nation, and who was himself horseman
and whose good horse-sense was never
questioned. How, when on his journey
around the world, he visited the imperial
stables of the Sultan of Turkey to view
the pride of the Turkish nation. the peer
less and extensive thoroughbred stud of
the Turkish monarch. Now according
to the expressed opinion of the aforesaid
writer and inexperienced breeder) mark,
how suddenly his "borse-sense" left him,
how soon he got an "Arab bee" in his
bonnet; how quickly he became "a de-
mented crank" and exclaimed, "These
are the finest horses ever saw' Then,
when the Sultan personally selected one
of the very best of his stud-Lindentree
''famous Arab"-and presented him to
the general, he had him shipped to this
country and bred him to all classes of his
mares, and to some others, with flatter-
ing results. Though the stock is still
young and has not until recently been
brought to public notice, they are sound
and vigorous, showing good size, fine
form and remarkable action at both the
run and trot; with such perfect, sinewy
limbs and elastic movements as cannot be
found outside the Arabian or his immedi-
ate descendants. | am informed by Mr..
William J. Comstock, manager of the
Grant farm and stock while it was kept
at North Salem, n. Y, that the foals by
Lindentree take kindly to harness, and
are the best of roadsters, enduring long
drives without firing and have remark
able speed; are docile and Intelligent
which statement my own observation
and experience fully corroborates. All
useless, says the writer, except to carry
the CORY Mohammedan on their backs"
Yet Mr.. Comstock does not agree with
him. How very valuable are the opin-
ions of the inexperienced.
Shades of more than twenty generations
of the Sultans of Turkey who have care
fully guarded, nurtured and bred the Ara
bian horse in all its purity for more than
seven hundred years, and have used them
where sagacity, fleetness and endurance
were required, and have prohibited their
expectation at any price under the sever
est penalties. Were they, too, all de-
mented cranks; they at least have had
some experience, yet they have not dis
carded the Arab horse, and still
hold him as a treasure above price,
as witness the report of the agent
of Senator Palmer of Michigan in his
attempts to purchase few pure bred
Arabian horses for breeding purposes
within the last year. Witness, the great
Napoleon Bonaparte, who led his victo-
rious armies through. the capitals of near
ly every country in Europe, and replen-
ished his magnificent cavalry with the
pick of their imperial studs, and who,
when he met in deadly conflict the CORY
Mohamnedans mounted on their active
and invincible Arab coursers at the very
base of the pyramids of Egypt, and
where, after terrific struggle in which
he was finally victorious, says, "The
Arab horses fought as well as the men,
and exclaimed in admiration of their
electric-like movements, sagacity and
watchfulness for the safety of their riders
IF had my men mounted on Arab
horses could conquer the world" He,
too, may be. twas crank with an
Arab bee in his bonnet" Still he had
had a little experience and strongly COW
eted the Arab horse.
Shade of Lord Godolphin, whose name
is interviewer with romantic facts in the
horse history of England, and whose
thoroughbred stud was its pride, and
whose renowned "IIobgoblin' was the
favorite, patronized by all the noble
lords of the realm; then in fanciful
freak or as a novelty he secured the
much abused and imported Arabian stall
lion, Scham, with his Moslem groom, to
act in mental capacity for the great
Hobgoblin. At this time the noble lord
had very poor opinion of imported
Arabs for stock horses. "They should
be bred in England, you know" But,
when by trick of the groom, in clan
destinely releasing Scham, the noble
lords favorite mare, Roxana, carried a
foal by the despised Arab; then the no.
BILE lord was wroth and banished Rox-
ana, Scham and his groom to a distant
hamlet, there to remain till the disgraced
foal should be able to live without its
dam; then, after year of this banished
life the noble lord made one of his an
nual visits to the place, and noticed that
little Lath, the disgraced son of Roxana
and Scham, showed fine form and remark
able speed in his gambols through the
fields, so he was put in training for the
next years races, in which he distanced
with ease the flower of the English thor
oughbreds. Then the noble lord 1--WE
beg pardon for using the writer's phrase
ology) began to "lose his horse sense
and "get an Arab bee in his bonnet and