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Saturday— Carried Edwards (Miss Dillon's Stud 

 Groom) hunting, rider thirteen stone (182 lbs.) 



Monday — Ridden to hounds to pilot Miss Roberts 

 (daughter of Gen. Lord Roberts); out seven hours, 

 with plenty of galloping and jumping. 



Tuesday — Fourteen miles in harness at a fast pace. 



Thursday — Thirty miles in harness. 



Friday — harness again. 



Saturday — Sixteen miles in harness. 



At the outbreak of war in South Africa, 

 Imam went as a charger. He was the 

 only horse on the ship that stood the 6,000 

 mile voyage without apparent injury, 

 and he served with distinction through- 

 out the whole war. 



In October 1905 there came also the 

 famous old mare Rose of Sharon, a chest- 

 nut, foaled in 1885, her sire Hadban, dam 

 Rodania, a Keheilet Ajuz of Ibn Rodan's 

 strain, whose romantic history is men- 

 tioned in connection with the mares at 

 Crabbet Park. 



Offspring of Rose of Sharon. 



1890, ch. h. Rafyk, by Azrak. 



1891, ch. h. Rasham, by Azrak. 



1892, ch. h. Ridaa by Merzuk. 

 1894, ch. m. Rishmeh, by Shahwan. 

 1894, ch. mRotuba, by Ahmar. 



