The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-03-20
FULL-bLOOD STEEOS AT
ST. lOUIS'S BIG FAIR.
Arab Horse Is to Be Prominently
Exploited in the Live Stock
Department.
BRED BY WILD TRIBES
Pedigrees Date Back to Tradition
Revival of Wonderful
Breed Hoped For.

ST. LOUIS, Mo. March 19.-Again the
Arab horse-the steed that carries the
barbaric warriors of the African desert.
the animal whose beautiful equine per-
lection has been chiseled in marble by
the ancient Grecian sculptors and trans
ferred to canvas by the. genius of the
old masters of Rome; the horse of an
cient mythology and the source of in
spiration for song and story of poets of
all ages; the horse that is enveloped in
a veil of Oriental mystery and romance
again. 1t can be said. the Arab horse
steps proudly TO the front in the horse
world of America. and this time under
auspices so favorable as to predict the
long-deferred recognition due him in the
Occident- The Arab horse is to be prom
inently exploited in the Live Stock De-
partment OF the Louisiana Purchase Ex-
position.
Already President Francis has in his
private stable on the worlds fair
grounds the only pure-bred Barb upon
the American continents present sent
him several months ago by the. Sultan
OF Morocco. There are now en- route
for display at the fair SIX Moorish stall
lions from that mysterious monarch of
said to be the finest types of Arabs and
Barbs. whose pedigrees have been religious
~ kept by the old Sheiks of the Sahara
tribes. One OF these is a pure milk white
stallion from the Sultan's private stable,
sent as a present to President Roosevelt.
But a well-organized movement is on foot
to bring about a recrudescence of the Arab
horse in America. The recent formation Of
the Arabian Horse Breeders Association in
New York is for the purpose OF reviving
interest in the horse Of the desert by bring
ing him into prominence at the Louisiana
Purchase Exposition in so emphatic a man
ner that his standing and worth for breed
ing purposes will forever remain undisputed
IN this country.
Working in harmony with this association
and fully recognizing the merit Of the
movement, Chief +. d. Coburn and Secre-
tary Charles F. Mills. of the live stock de-
class for Arabian horses and America
Arabs in the horse division and prizes and
diplomas Will be awarded by the most COM
petent judges 10 be obtained. Besides the
pure-bred Arabs from foreign lands there
will be many fine animals of the AmeriQo-
Arab type, which Is product from native
American mares by Arabs or Barbs.
HIS ORIGIN LOST IN TRADITION.
the mists of tradition. After the most dill
gent research of expert scientists and
horse fanciers it is generally admitted that
the Arabian horse was bred by the wild
tribes of Western Asia. OF these barbaric
ho.des the Anazeth tribe is known to have
the best horses. Pedigrees are traced and
none is considered pure except from a
Keheilet, or pure mare, and a Keheilan, or
ocito he oh oil af A i'm fa ic
sidered the choicest.
Horses were brought TO America by the
Spaniards under De Soto, and those they
left behind became wild on the prairieS of
Texas and Mexico and known the mus
tang, which, through the mixture of such
scrubs. is now degenerated into the modern
One hundred years after this country was
settled by the English the people OF Great
Britain were importing many Arabian
horses to their island, some of the best
descendants of which were brought To Vir-
ginia and New York. \ $50 a few direct
importations of Arab blood were made 10y
the colonists. From these strainsF have
grown the English and American thorough
bred trained for generations to run at n
high rate of speed for Short distance. The
thoroughbred has lost many of the quail
ties OF his Arab progenItors and he now
forms a class by himself. Similarly The
trotting horse of America Is largely the
outcome of the Arab blood.
The present development of revival Of
the Arab horse i'm America began when the
Sultan of Turkey presented 10 General
Grant the two stations Leopard and Lin
den Tree Randolph Huntingdon walls the
first to breed them and later he imported
the Arab mare Naomi, and her daughter
Nail, and the stallion Nimr. From these
by judicfOuS breeding. NE has established
a family of pure Arab horses that self
producing and uniform in type and from
fifteen to sixteen hands high. During
the Chicago worlds fair the Russian gov
eminent sent several pure Aran horses fol
exhibition and some remained IN this coun-
try. Pure Arabs have also been imported
BY Alden Swan, of New York, and Mr.
Heyl OF Milwaukee.
REVIVAL OF HIS KIND IN SIGHT.
These efforts to exploit the Oriental blood
and type in America have not always met
with the greatest success, but now the
organization of the Arabian Horse Breed
ers' Association and the exploitation at the
worlds fair seem 10 assure splendid re-
suits The. officers of this new association
are: President Spencer Borden. Fall River
Mass; vice president. Herman Hopes
Philadelphia secretary and treasurer, Col
C. A. Benton. New York; executive com
mittee. Randolph Huntington, Oyster Bay
L. l., DR.. John b. Hall. Toronto Can; ]
A p Ramsdell, Newburgh, n. Y; Alder
s. Swan, Homer Davenport and II. X
Bush Brown, all of New York city.
The characteristics of the Arabian horse
are Intelligence and sentleness i'm DISPOSE
ton. and compactness and beauty of pro
portion. He has great endurance and car
bear hardships with poor fare He is suited
for general purpose horse for saddle oil
harness. and is also heavy weight carrier
He natures at five years of age. but should
be broken 10 light work as a yearlng III,
should always be treated with kindness a:
he quickly resents III treatment and Rarsf
language and. If abused. will fight to :
finish. He develops best i'm a tempera I.
climate. but adapts himself To others
There is no denying the fact that tn,
Arab blood is the foundation or basis tina
has furnished the stamina and endurance,
in all the types of horses produced by cen
turtles of scientific breeding. mo countr,
horses for the coach saddle. road or draf
uses. or speed at run. trot or pace unles.
grounded upon the blood OF the Arabian
and Barb horses. IS the observation. mad,
by Mr.. Randolph Huntington. who Ia.
spent twenty-five years in exploiting tn,
Arab in America.
France. Germany, Austria Russia
Hungary and Belgium each keep govern
mcnt studs of either pure Arabs or Barb
10 sustain their created fixed types OF coach
saddle. road or draft horses. and suci
created fixed types are never crossed Will
other families. each type being interbred il
Its own family.