The San Francisco call., 1908-08-30
THE CHESTNUT STALLION
MAEIRLSS
ELEANOR GATES IN. SADDLE

he was completely bride wise ana
guided so easily by the neck that he
could be ridden with a halter. which.
by the way, Is the almost universal
Bedouin custom. This docility and
intelligence are OF great value. as they
do not in the least detract from the ami
mails high spirit and promptness to
respond to whatever demand a rider
may make.
Among the mares taken by Mrs. Tully
were Sheba. a Managhi Slagi and her
foal by Muson, the listening horse;
Galphia, a Hamdani Simirf; Yimeta. a
Kehilan Ajuz; Markesa, a chestnut Seq
lawi Jedran. and a bay flly OF the same
strain as Kehilan. These mares will be
kept on the home ranch. a place Of sew
eral hundred acres, and their produce
will form the pure Arab stud. which
will be enlarged by natural accretions
the colts being used only to cross with
other strains Of horses Few breeders
OF Arab horses have made drawer and
moro promising beginning.
few miles away from FL Rancho de
las Rosas and In the same county OF
Santa Clara Mr.. and Mrs TulIy have
leased the Guadaloupe ranch OF $500
acres. Here 1t is their purpose to es-
tablish plant for breeding cavalry re-
mounts, using their Arab stations for
sires and selected range bred mares
from Oregon as dams. To this plant
will be added q famous stallion, NeJ-
dram. imported by Captain Gainsfor5
OF the British army TO use as polo
mount. 1t was this horse, by the way.
that Mr.. Davenport proposed last year
to use In a trial OF endurance in a ride
from the Pacific to the Atlantic. under
the direction OF the war department
This contest came TO nothing. as no ons
else seemed to care to participate.
There was much talk and buster on the
part OF breeders and buyers, but they
were all seemingly afraid to start
In California the Indian cayuse. a de-
scendant. by the way OF the barb cast
aways OF the Spanish explorers, is held
in high esteem for his sturdiness and
ability to go great distances carrying
heavy weights 1t would not be at all
strange II the cayuse mares bred to
Arab or half Arab horses would pro-
duce wonderfully good polo ponies. 1t
would not be strange IL this experiment
were tried alongside OF the other to get
cavalry remounts.
Though this is new departure for
Mrs. Tully It is no new thing for women
TO take an active practical interest in
Arab horse breeding. A misty tradition
ascribes TO the queen OF Sheba the
credit for introducing the horse into
what Is now Arabia This tradition Is
more misty than true, as there Is
more ancient and trustworthy account
OF Arab horse lineage that gives 1t
recorded history OF 1000 years before
the time of Solomon, king OF IsraeI
But in modern times Catherine the
Great OF Russia was an importer and
breeder OF Arabs that were used in the
creation OF the famous Orlor type of
trotters. And today in England Lady
Anne Blunt, the granddaughter OF Lord
Byron, is famous importer and
breeder Of Arabs. while her book on the
subject Is a standard and trustworthy
authority. Second only to Lady Anno
Blunt in England is the honorable Miss
HELEN Dillon OF the noble house of Dill
lon-Lee. From her Pudlicore stud have
come some Of the best specimens ever
brought to this country. II women are
to breed horses-and, pray. why not2-
no field seems to me so attractive for
them as that afforded by the beautiful
and tractable Arab.