New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-12-19
TO BREED ARABIANS.
NEW HORSE Association.
Mr.. BUsh-BrO5cR Thinks the Oriental
Animal VIII Displacc Hackney.

A movement which II present expectations are
1-llfue5 WIZ reVoiJti0uize horses and horse
breeding in An1erica and displaoe the hackney
as general purpose horse was started yester-
cay afternoon By the organization Of the Ara
han Horse Beeders' Association. 70 promote the
breeding OF the Arab horse. not for betting pur-
poses. but TO- beatty or conformation. endur-
a7oe and style.
The association was quietly organized at
meeting OF practical Arab horse breeders gath
ered from Ell parts OF the country. At the Ma
lional -Arrs Club. No. 81 West Thirty-fourth-st.
Colonel Spenser Borden. Of Fall River. Mass.
was elected president Of the association; Her
man Hopes. Philadelphia. vice-president:
Colonel Charles A Benton. secretary. and Ran
ooph Huntington. Of Oyster Bay; J. B. Rams
osu OF Nevburg; John Hall OF Toronto. and II.
x. Bush-Brown. directors committee was
appointed 1rom these men 10 frame the bylaws
O. the association and. report 70 the next meet
iug. which is TO be called at the discretion Of
me chair Application Win then he made for
charter OF Incorporation. \ stud book Is TO be
kept 10 register The pedigree OF The two classes
a. horses, the pure Arab and the AmeTico-Arab.
The present movement is largely result Of d
suggestion made TO one Of the directors of the
association by the Livestock Department of the
s. Louis Exposition Commission Z short time
UgU.
Prominent among The directors OF The company
IS Il X Bush-Brown, the sculptor whose in
tersst III horses and horse breeding and whose
possession Of d stable o. ten Arabians are m
known 10 many OF his closest and lifelong
friends Mr. Bush-BToWn is the owner Of the
highly bred Arabian stallion GOuniad. which
came direct from the stable Of the Car Of
Russia, and is considered 10 have few equals in
SIS class throughout the United States.
Hitherto finely blooded horses have been al
most exclusively bred for betting purposes.
said Mr.. Bush Brown 70 a Tribune reporter last
night 1t has been the horse that can pace or
1roI nile ia the fastest time. For general Pur-
poses the hackney has been used and an at
only rendered this unsatisfactory animal still
worse.
The fact that Arabian horses are being bred
IA Abyssiuia by the French government, for use
as cavalry chargers, and the same is true in
Russia. Germany and England, shows its value
IN time OF war
''Na poleon Bonaparte. the Duke OF Wellington,
george Washington. Lord Roberts OF -Candahar
and Lord Kitchener OF Khartoum all rode. or
ride. Arabian horses. A British government
commission sent 10 India TO inquire as TO the
result Of employing hackneys there, has re-
ported that they are becoming worse than use
Jess for the purposes intended, and that an
Ara bIan is the only possible horse At a test
made al the recent German army mauCeuvres,
ana Witnessed by representatives OF all the great
foreign powers. . troop Of Arabian horses ran
arrived ar their destination fresh and in the
mink Of condition. with not buckle loose The
test was a revelation TO the onlookers of the
Arabs worth.
.-Tra Arabian horse in endurance. strength
su-pleress and rleJtle, as well as beauty of con
formation. Is without 2 peer Indeed, was
-rs- led 10 breed Arabian horses by my need
If d model for charger IN a group 1 was &C.
@The Arabian. likewise. needs no check for its
mouth or snick for Its tan