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by Abdul Hamid II., Sultan of Turkey, from an Egyptian 

 merchant. It is said that all of the Sultan's Arabs are 

 either seized by his tax-gatherers or purchased by their 

 agents. Hegira, by Linden, represents entirely different 

 blood, from the get by Leopard. The head is shorter, 

 finer in the muzzle, deeper and broader between jowls, 

 dished in the face, with great breadth between the eyes. 

 The ears are shorter and finer, the rump more sloping, 

 showing all the characteristics of the pure Barb, a special 

 family descending from the Numidian horse, also an Arab. 

 ' Euphrates, a son of Hegira, from Mary Shepard, is 

 the counterpart of his sire in build and colour; but is 

 phenomenal in that even at a walk he takes the pacing 

 step. This inclination to pace is shown in all the get of 

 Hegira, although he is a square-gaited trotter ; and from 

 the beginning of these special breedings no horse or mare 

 was ever known to pace until Euphrates set the fashion. 



'The sire of Clay Truth, a game and resolute trotter 

 with a delightful disposition, was Ashland, by Henry 

 Clay. His dam was interbred to the blood of Justin 

 Morgan, the Arab founder of the Morgan family, 



'A horse showing fine trotting speed is Young Jack 

 Shepard, by Jack Shepard, by Henry Clay, and from 

 Kate M'Pherson, by Henry Clay. He is a beautiful 

 dapple grey.' 



Where was Henry Clay born ? 



*He was born on Long Island. The only daughter of 

 Henry Clay now living is not too old to produce ; while 

 the interbred sons and daughters have come back to Long 

 Island to restore to her the prestige she lost when all the 

 blood of Andrew Jackson (the Anglo-Arab bred sire of 

 Henry Clay) was sold away from it.' 



