The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1891-07-01
The Arab Horse.


The controversy about the relative
value Of the Arab horse has ragged al
most as long. as feTcely, and TO ss little
purpose as that between Nominaiists
and Realis.s. However, amid the dust
Of fcantr,aicfion and uaie'irtion few
f.
f1 p4r. &c T. I'd
mrt,-t IA sil -s.ies that the besi thor
oughbreds now extsnt, either in England
or in this country. trace back almost
without exception 10 the Arab sire that
were imported 70 England in the eign-
teenth century. Arab blood, therefore,
was the foundation Of ali that Is excel
lent in the modern horse.
Or the other hand, it is equally be
vond dispute that no ArAb hore can trot
A fast or run as fast as the best trotters
or runners Of America and England.
The OrIoH horEes OF Russia can probably
out-trot the Arabian horses, and an Eng
Iish race horse Of the third class is doubt
less match st running for the fastest
Anab in the desert. Il IS true, also that
the Arab horses are inferior in size, sci
dom exceeding l4l hands. But in other
respects the Arabs have very great ex-
cellenee. They are unquestionsbiy more
sound than other breed Of horses now
axtant. spavins, curbs, ringbOne and
other defects being almost If not quite
unknown among them
No less superior is their endurance
When it comes TO travelling for q whole
dsv. they will 20 faster and further than
auy thoroughbred. L Is needless 70 say
also that few thoroughbreds equal them
in beauty, breeding for excessive speed
having had a tendency 10 substitute the
angular lines that are associated with
thoroughbred, in place Of those beauti-
ful curved lines in which the courser OF
the desert Is moulded. Moreover al
though the Arab be small, his weight
carving power is by no means small In
fact. in the moving parts, the Arab Is not
small but large. be Is almost always
what is known in horse parlance as "a
biz little ~un - and his gaits are so
elastic and springy as TO make him Pecu-
larily fit for the saddle.
such Is the Arab horse, and yet al
though we import horses by the hundred
from England and France. We bring al
most none from Arabia There IS, how
ever, Just one pure-bred Arab colt in this
country, the property OF M Randolph
Huntington, Of Rochester, \. y, who
has been known for many years as an
enthusiastic defender Of Arabian snd
Clav horses. This colt, Anszeh, had FOL
It's dam Naomi, an Arab mare imported
10 England and thence 10 this country
It's sire was either Leopard or Under
Tree-we forget which-these two being
the Arab stations given 10 Cen Gran
by the Sultan. Anazeh forms part o
the stud now owned By the Arab, An
glo-ArSb and Clay Stock Farm Of Colo
Spring Harbor, Long Island" This es
tablishment belongs 10 q stock compan.
organized by Mr.. Huntington, and il
operation viii be watched with interes
BY all intelligent and unprejudiced hors
men. It's aim is the ambitious one o
creating national horse founded upol
Clay blood, reinforced by Arab blood
The Clay family traces to IMPORTS
Grand Bashaw, and lis value in a trol
ting pedigree, though at one time abso
lutely denied and afterwards strongl
contested, is now universally admitted
The success Of the California trottin
sires, Clay Pilot, the Moor, Sultan an
Electioneer, and Of the no less famou
George Wilkes, has fully established tn
value Of the Clay strain.