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“HALCYON,” THREE-FOURTHS GRADE ARAB, CROSS-BRED 
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Halcyon finished fourth in the long distance test; time 53 hours and 45 minutes, condition 50, and 
total performance 71.3%. 
She is the dam of ‘‘Kingfisher’’ who finished second. 
“Her breeding 
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is a good example of the value of selecting dams with careful judgment.” (Fig. 27.) 
on his forced chase after Villa from 
March 15 to April 12, 1916, a distance 
of 575 miles across the heated desert 
and over the cold mountains of Mexico, 
carrying his rider with officer's pack and 
his own grain rations. His forage was 
what he could get on a tether at night, 
and he was in good condition for the 
three hundred miles that followed. 
It is worthy of note that the dam of 
“Halcyon” was ‘Heiress’ 144 Arab and 
Thoroughbred, under 15 hands, who 
won the high jump at the Crystal 
Palace in London in 1897. Her sire 
was the famous desert bred Arab 
“Maiden” who was the unbeaten 
steeple chase horse of India and after 
twelve years of campaign in Egypt won 
many flat races in France. 
As “Halcyon” is inbred to this 
stallion, it was to be expected that she 
would give a good account of herself 
when put to a long distance test. 
Her breeding is a good example of the 
value of selecting dams with careful 
judgment. 
BEST CONCLUSIONS FAVOR ARAB 
I have drawn the conclusions which 
seem to me to be indicated by the facts 
from all the data available. It may 
be that there are not sufficient data on 
which to base conclusions. I have 
asked for cooperation from breeders 
