Yataghan. The two mares were Haidee and Zuleike, all chestnut in color, and 

 they were all of the *Maneghi-Hadruji strain, also called long-necks, registered 

 in Weatherby's General Stud Books of England. 



Yataghan and Haidee were full brother and sister. 



Haidee bred to her brother Yataghan produced the celebrated red chestnut 

 mare §Naomi, after which Haidee died. Mr. Huntington, who had followed up 

 the importation of this great trio and their career in England, patiently waited 

 and watched for an opportunity to buy Naomi, all that was left of Mr. Sandeman's 

 Haidee and Yataghan. In the year 1888 Mr. Huntington was rewarded for his 

 pains and long waiting by the purchase of Naomi, who was imported that year to 

 Rochester, N. Y., IJ. S. of A. 



This particular strain is the largest, fleetest, and best-winded of all the strains. 

 Naomi attained the great size of 15-2!, which was likely the largest pure Arabian 

 mare ever known up to that time. We have, however, one of her daughters and 

 one granddaughter which are also 15-2, 



Naomi produced the splendid chestnut stallion Anizeh by General Grant's 

 pure Seglawi-Jedran Arabian stallion Leopard, May 10, 1890. Naomi foaled a 

 chestnut filly while she was the property of Rev. F. F. Vidal, of Needham Market, 

 Suffolk, England, called tNazli, sired by a Maneghi-Hadruji Arabian called Mai- 

 dan, who was celebrated for great speed and long distance races. (See cut on 

 page 54«-) 



Mr. Huntington was anxious to procure a pure Arabian stallion of the same 

 strain as Naomi in order to produce Arabians pure in one strain of Arabian blood. 

 After Naomi's importation to America, her daughter Nazli was bred to the re- 

 nowned, undefeated, desert-bred Maneghi-Hadruji Arabian stallion fKismet. 

 (See cut on page 66a.) Kismet was chestnut in color and was scant fifteen hands 

 high. Kismet's race career in India and England is the most brilliant and re- 

 markable ever witnessed in civilization. Mr. Huntington had tried repeatedly 

 to buy Kismet, and finally found it utterly impossible to buy him outright, but 



*Major R. D. Upton's comments on the Maneghi strains of Arabian horses, in his book, after 

 his extensive travel in Arabia, and his mastery of the Arabian horse history, are as follows: 



"The Maneghi appeared to us a favorite strain, for both horses and mares of this 

 family are to be found in most tribes of Bedouins; and we thought, with the exception 

 of Keheilet Ajuz, there were more horses than mares among the Anazeh, certainly among 

 the Sabaah, of the Maneghi family than any other." 



^Kismet, foaled in the Arabian desert in iSyj, taken to India by Abedur Rhaman in 1882. 

 In 188 J and 1884 he swept everything before him on the race track, never losing a race or heat. His 

 total winnings for those seasons in India amounted to jo,ooo pounds {$1 §0,000). 



KISMET'S RACES IN INDIA AND ENGLAND 



Bangalor, July 12, 188 j; the Mysor Cup; i 1-4 miles, carrying ijg pounds. Bangalor, July 14, 

 188 j; the Mysor Purse; i 1-2 iniles, carrying 1J4 pounds. Bangalor, July ig, 1884; Aga Khan's 

 Purse; i 1-2 miles, carrying 1J4 pounds. Poonah, Sept. 8, 188 j; Aga Khan's Plate; i 1-4 miles, 

 carrying 126 pounds. Poonah, Sept. 11, 188 j; Aga Khan's Purse; i j-4 tniles, carrying iji pounds. 

 Hyderabad, Nov. 22, 188^; Deacon Handicap; i 1-2 iniles, carrying iig pounds. Bombay, Feb. 12, 

 1884; The Derby; i 1-2 miles, carrying ij6 pounds. Bombay, Feb. 14, 1884; Aga Khan's Purse; 

 I 1-2 miles, carrying ijj pounds. Immediately after this race Lieutenant Broadwood brought Kis- 

 met to England, where he became the property of Col. R. D. Coyningham, V. C. Kismet defeated 

 the great racer Asil at Newmarket and Satuiow Park, both two-mile races. Kismet was ridden by 

 the famous rider Fred Archer, who pronounced him the gamest horse he ever rode. This Kismet, as 

 will be seen by pedigree, is the grandsire of Clay Kismet. 



^Naomi's produce, page '/§. 



XNazli's produce, page y§. 10 



