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* Yes, that is the first question one naturally asks ; for 

 stratagem and not strictly fair dealing, has been the means 

 of securing most of them, except when they have been 

 presented by the rulers of the countries whence they came. 



' The earliest mention of their importation to this country 

 was about the year 1600. Near that time the arrival of two 

 famous Arabians is mentioned, one called Abdallah, and 

 the other, Lindsley's Arabian, Ranger. These were the 

 first known progenitors of Arab blood in this country. 

 Several horses have been called after the first who were 

 Abdallah in name only, and not in blood, as has been 

 erroneously supposed.' 



And what Arabians have come to us in this present 

 century, Count ? 



'As early as 1820 Charles D. Cox, United States Minister 

 to Tunis, who married the daughter of the Bey of Tunis, 

 was presented by the Bey with two Arab stallions, one a 

 chestnut and the other a sorrel. They were sent over the 

 seas in a saihng vessel, and, landing safely, were kept on 

 a farm in Middlesex Co., New Jersey. The sorrel was the 

 sire of the original American Star, the founder of the 

 noted Star family, and from whom the Hambletonians 

 derive their best qualities.' 



Was not Stamboul an imported Arabian? 



' Yes, and of pure blood. Before the Minister to Turkey, 

 Mr Rhind, left Constantinople in 1832, he sent over three 

 Arab horses, Zilcaadi, Stamboul and Yemen. The etiquette 

 between the two nations made it impossible for Minister 

 Rhind to own them, and they were sold for the benefit of 

 the United States Government. Yemen was taken to South 

 Carolina. The Hon. Henry Clay and the Hon. Mr Berri- 

 man, then senators at Washington, were anxious to secure 



