SECRETARY SEWARD'S ARABS IO5 



Mr Seward's generosity — even when excused by the great 

 excitement attendant upon the breaking out of the civil 

 war — that they refused to comply with his very just proposal. 

 In this emergency, as he had sought, in the acceptance of 

 the gift, to benefit his country, he presented the two-year-old 

 colt to Mr Ezra Cornell of Ithaca, N.Y., and the stallion 

 to Hon. John E. Van Etten of Kingston, N.Y.' 



And what of their progeny ? 



' The stallion was known to be the sire of only two animals. 

 One was a grey filly, bred by Judge Westbrook of Kingston, 

 and the other a colt, bred by a nephew of Judge Sackett 

 of Auburn, N.Y. The colt was shown as a three-year- 

 old in the State Fair at Rochester, and won a special gold 

 medal for being the handsomest horse on the grounds. 

 Subsequently he was sold to Canton, Ohio, where he died 

 leaving two fillies only. They are now owned by the 

 Myers' stock-farm at Canton.' 



What became of the chestnut ? 



' Ah, poor fellow, he died simply from neglect, the war 

 just then causing such absorption of all men's thoughts, 

 that all things else seemed of little importance. At that 

 time many of our best and most noted trotters were 

 always spoken of with pride as coming from if\rab 

 ancestors. Morgan was an Anglo-Arabian, and the dam 

 of Dolly Spanker, an inbred Morgan mare, while Sherman 

 Morgan and Buckshot were doubly inbred to Morgan. 

 Gano was by American Eclipse, who also boasted the 

 Arab strain. Thus it was that the Arab blood was 

 spread throughout the United States up to 1861. It was 

 not only known and most highly valued by intelligent 

 breeders, but was considered absolutely essential to the 

 making of a perfect horse. 



