Introduction 



"// is faith in something and enthusiasm for something 

 that makes a life worth looking at." — Holmes. 



^N writing the following sketch of our collection of our pure Arabians 

 as well as our Huntington Clay Arabs, I have tried to keep 

 my enthusiasm for these royally-bred horses in reasonable 

 bounds. If I seem overconfident as to the usefulness of their 

 blood, I hope I may be pardoned on the grounds that I believe 

 I am better acquainted with their breeding and blood influence 

 values than any one outside of Mr. Huntington, who bred 

 them. Besides, the brilliant fame of the Arabian horse in the world's history 

 is such as to place "Arabian horse enthusiasm" on the list of pardonable offenses. 

 The pure Arabian stallions Khaled and Anizeh, as well as the Arabian 

 Clay stallions Clay Kismet, Hegira, Islam, and Abdul Hamid II, certainly rep- 

 resent the best accomplishments in horse breeding of Mr. Huntington's valuable 

 and instructive life's work. I consider these his masterpieces. 



The creation of these six wonderful stalUons, along with many other good 

 ones, amounts to nothing less than a great feat, to be accomplished in one man's 

 lifetime, when it is remembered and understood that two and three, and in some 

 instances four and five generations of the Clay dams of Clay Kismet, Hegira, 

 Islam, and Abdul Hamid II were also bred by Mr. Huntington. If his country- 

 men do not appreciate such exclusive blood and noble effort it is not the fault 

 of Mr. Huntington, for certainly he has done his part well. His manner of in- 

 breeding was such as to refine and strengthen the blood of the Clay mares to a 

 degree that especially prepared them for a perfect union with the Arabian blood 

 which he introduced through the sire. I consider the basic blood plan, and ex- 

 ecution by which the last mentioned four horses were created, as scientifically 

 correct as well as unique and masterful. With his world of profound knowledge 

 of blood influence and select horse breeding, coupled with his honest and 

 painstaking nature, the ultimate success of his plans is assured, though they 

 are finished by others. It will be noted that there was nothing accidental in 

 Mr. Huntington's horse breeding ; on the contrary all was carefully planned and 

 matured with religious precision and skill, regardless of cost and the endless 

 sacrifice and hardship it entailed upon him, which can be endured only by men 

 of his genius and natural breeding skill. 



The two pure Arabian stallions Khaled and Anizeh I regard as not only 

 the purest of pure, but also the equal, if not the superior, of any Arabians bred in 

 civilization. It is the good fortune of this plant to own the great Khaled, and 

 we have several of the offspring of Anizeh. 



It is also the good fortune of this concern to own the celebrated Clay Kismet, 

 who is half-brother to Khaled, both having been sired by the matchless royally- 

 bred pure Arabian Nimr. Hegira and Abdul Hamid II are both still alive, and, 

 notwithstanding they are now about thirty years old, both are still perfectly 



