CHAPTER V 

 Arab Horses in America 



/CONTRARY to generally accepted 

 ^^ opinion, many good Arabs have 

 come to America, even from the 

 early days. It cannot be doubted that 

 they have imparted their good qualities 

 to some of our most useful horses, the 

 influence of Arab blood being especially 

 noticeable in the old Morgans, that of the 

 Barb in the descendants of Henry Clay. 



General Washington's famous grey 

 charger was an entire son of the desert- 

 bom horse Ranger, imported to New 

 London, Connecticut, about 1765. He was 

 a dapple grey, fifteen hands high, of the 

 finest form, symmetry, and finish. As 

 Washington was six feet, three inches tall, 

 and weighed more than two hundred 

 pounds, it is evident that the little son of 

 Ranger must have been a weight carrier. 



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