Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-08-16


ested in the dissemination of knowledge
useful to horsemen, thought Mr.. Hun
tington would freely and with pleasure
give the desired Information. However,
| received from him the following letter
CHICHESTER, n. Y, June ID, 1889.
Gen. l.. w. COLBY, Beatrice, Neb.
Dear Sir Yours reed, asking of
Stewards Arabs. have among my data
in ms, all there was or is to them. 1t
cost me much time, money and writing
to get anything like truth. l got them
from the beginning abroad to DEATH also
as much as possible of use in this coun-
try. At some time it will all appear over
my signature. l presume the travelling
expenses alone, over the period of five
years, at different times cost me $780,
One died on the way; one was two
year-old colt and one was an eight-year-
old horse. They came Just before and in
opening of our war, and Investigations
prove traditions two lies to one grain of
truth. They did next to nothing in the
stud. 1t was all war. Truly,
RANDOLPH HUNTINGTON"
Thinking that perhaps Others might
have some of the facts desired, and fear
ing that long time might elapse before
the publication of Mr.. Huntington's
knowledge over his own signature |
wrote to the postmaster at Auburn, N.
Y, Mr.. Stewards old home, for the infor-
nation, and received the following letter
from Mr.. H. B. Fay:
"AUBURN, n. Y, June 10, 1889.
L. w. COLBY,
Dear Sir The horses that were i'm
ported by the Hon. VIM. H. Seward
were presented to the State Agricultural
society, and placed on the State farm and
kept there until the farm was abandoned
by the society, when they were taken in
charge by two farmers. / do not know
what became of them after that, but
think they must be dead, as they would
be nearly forty years of age if alive now.
Mr.. Stewards son, Mr.. VIM. H. Seward,
Jr., resides here and would be likely to
know more about them.
Respectfully,
II. B. FAY, Assistant p. NJ
In compliance with the suggestion in
the above letter, | wrote to VIM. II. Sew
ard, Jr., and received the following inter-
estng letter in reply:
auburn, n. Y, July l, 1889.
LEONARD w. COLBY, Esq, Beatrice, Neb.
Dear Sr:-On my return home after
several days absence, find your letter.
regret that | cannot give you more full
ly the information YOU seek in regard to
Mr.. Stewards Arabian horses. Absence
from home in the army, at, or most of
the time, prevented my keeping very close
track of them. In reply to similar in
quiry some time since, find | wrote as
follows:
When Mr.. Seward was travelling in the
East In 1859, he became acquainted with
: Ayoub Bey Trabulsi, a wealthy Syrian
} Efendi. On parting, Ayoub Bey eX-
pressed a wish to present him some Ara
bian horses. Regarding the proffer as
. only an Oriental compliment, or courte-
sy, he thanked him and thought no more
of it, until he received letter from the
, [. ). consul at Beyrout, saying that the
horses had been sent to his address, two
, stations and a mare. Soon after the ship
; arrived in New York, some time in 1860,
| think. The mare, a white one, had
t died upon the voyage. The two stations
were sent to Auburn, n. Y. One was a
dark red bay and the other light sorrel.
. Accompanying them were documents in
Arabic, giving their pedigree and history
of their family, with traditions officially
attested.
The horses remained but a short time
in Auburn, as Mr.. Seward desired that
the public, or especially the farming COM
: munity, should have the benefit of what
ever advantages were to accrue from
them. He gave them to the n. Y. State
/ Agricultural society, through its secreta-
ry, b. p. johnson CAT Albany, n. "
the papers were transmitted with the
/ horses. 1t is possible that the records of
, the society may contain something in re-
/ gard to their subsequent description and
use. Mr. Seward heard occasionally from
Mr.. johnson. of their being sent to diff.
, ferent counties in the State. How long
: they lived, however, is not known to me-
| believe the horses were respectively
four and ten years old, the sorrel being
: the younger.
: The above letter contains all the in
: formation | have on the subject, except
, that | have since been told that Mr.
Frank Cornell of Ithaca, n. Y, had one
: of the horses upon his farm for time,
, and now has some of their descendants.
: Respectfully yours,
, WM. H. SEWARD.
Upon making further inquiry, learned
that Mr.. T. C. Carpendale, an artist, had
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