(see cut on page 6c7), another important factor in this remarkable horse breeding 

 history. The pure-bred Arabian stallion Khaled was foaled at about the same 

 time as Clay Kismet, and these two colts were stable and pasture companions 

 until they were something over two years old. Khaled, being an inbred Pure 

 Arabian, was a very high-tensioned colt, and persisted in riding his big half- 

 brother Clay Kismet. The owner thought there could be no harm come from 

 it, as the colts never quarreled, but to his horror, when it was too late, he discov- 

 ered that Khaled, in his process of hanging on Clay Kismet's back, had caused 

 a sway and lowness. Clay Kismet grew to the giant size of sixteen hands, two 

 inches. He is in many ways the most remarkable horse we have ever seen. 

 He has proven to be a very potent and impressive sire of coach, saddle and long- 

 distance road horses. He possesses a lovable disposition, capital, large, fiat bone, 

 the highest perfection in feet, an unusual and exquisite head and neck, match- 

 less shoulder and wither and the characteristic Arabian grace and elegance of 

 action, high and perfect carriage of tail, and the richest red chestnut in color. 

 Clay Kismet is regarded by the most critical and learned authorities as being one 

 of the rarest and most richly bred coach type of horses in the v/orld. When 

 mated to well-bred mares it is within his capacity to produce the highest ideal of 

 coach, saddle and all-day road horses. Clay Kismet and his half-brother, the 

 pure Arabian Khaled, are certain to prove most valuable to the horse breeding 

 interests of Ohio for many years to come. There is a tide today in trotting 

 horse breeding circles toward a larger and if possible handsomer type, and it is 

 my belief that Clay Kismet and Khaled will fill these demands to the highest ideal 

 in both blood and individuality. 



We bred to Clay Kismet and Khaled while they were owned at Oyster Bay, 

 Long Island, New York. We have carefully observed the history and interesting 

 horse breeding of Mr. Huntington for many years, and we have all but envied 

 him the possession of these nobly bred horses, little dream.ing that we should 

 ever be able to own them. Our possession of the various Huntington Arabian 

 horses which we have, was only made possible through a series of peculiar mis- 

 fortunes and strange circumstances. 



The pure Arabian Khaled produces a very fine and elegant type of foals 

 which are usually about sixteen hands high and whalebone in quality, which 

 show in a marked degree the elegance and grace of their sire, usually red chest- 

 nut in color, and capable of filling with almost equal adaptability the saddle, 

 coach and road requirements. Clay Kismet produces foals considerably larger 

 than those by Khaled, which are usually about sixteen hands, two inches in 

 height, and which are especially adapted to the coach uses as well as the saddle 

 and road uses. His foals possess his exquisite beauty and perfection to a striking 

 degree. The first son of Clay Kismet, called Clay Eclipse, from Lady Washing- 

 ton, a daughter of Hegira, was among the prize winners at Madison Square Gar- 

 den Horse Show, New York City, 1896. See cut of Clay Eclipse on first page, 

 which shows him when twenty-one days old. Clay Eclipse is a splendid repre- 

 sentation of Clay Kismet's productions as to general type, splendid short backs, 



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