Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-08-14
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said they never in all the journey
passed tribesman who did not bow
down to the sands, crying, 90! great
horse, FAREWELL" Haleb's pedigree
runs back for hundreds OF years and
bears the seal of Hashem Bey, the
sheik OF all the sheiks and ruler Of the
Anazeh. This Is probably the most
remarkable stallion ever seen in this
country and one we'll known breeder
has expressed the opinion that 100
years from now every good horse in
the country will trace back TO HaIeb.
We next saw Urfah, a Seglawiet
Jedranieh mare. She was known for
miles along the Euphrates as tho
most bloodlike mare in the northern
desert. Davenport went I'D to buy her
two sons, 2-year-old and a yearling
and made on offer for her, which was
refused. The Bedouin afterward came
In and after prices were agreed mon
several times, he agreed to take s11OO
for the mare Then he repeated his
performance OF riding home without
completing the sale. Brought hack
again, he agreed to finally close the
matter for $1100 and a Winchester
rifle which was OF vastly more value
to him than the money. Again he dis.
appeared and Sheik Akmut Hafez
said: 1T is enough. Are we chill
dren to thus trifie with our dintin-
glished guest?" So he sent out a
company OF soldiers who brought in
Urfah and delivered the money and
rifle to the Bedouin whether he would
or no. This transaction created
great commotion among the tribes.
or twenty-four desert bred Arabian
horses and mares brought out by Dav-
export more than half Of them have
some such spectacular history. As an
example of money values on the des-
ert In connection with the price paid
for Urfah, Davenport says he hired
two BedOuins to walk and lead the 3
year-old and yearling the 200 miles
they had to travel to Aleppo, and they
charged him 81 for the job When
leaving Aleppo, Akmut Hafez present
ed Davenport with a Bedouin slave to
take care OF Wadduda He Is now at
Morris Plains, where he slept in the
stall with the mare until it got SO
cold Davenport made him sleep in
warm room, and besides saying
prayer for her safety at shutdown
every day, he keeps fetish around
her neck to keep the evil spirits away
The only difficulty Davenport had
with this shipment OF horses was at
ter they arrived in this country. They
refused to eat either hay or grain and
nearly starved to death. In the de-
sert the principal foodstuff is. barley,
which is thrashed on large screens
trodden over by oxen. A large per-
centage Of the barley is then in pow
der and this powder mixed with chaff.
sand and other dirt resulting from the
method of thrashing, is fed to. the
horses in nosebags and is the only
fodder used. The Arabs water once
in twenty-four hours and then the ami
mails stand hobbled from eolthood un-
til they die, excepting when. they are
being ridden. and they are saddled
ready to mount from the time they
can carry weight until their useful
ness is over. This results sometimes
in bad scars, but the Arabs horse
must always be ready to mount and
fight or run away. as the case may be.
The horses are now reconciled to
American fodder and their new mode
Of life and are thriving as well as on
their native desert.