PROCURING THE IRADE 



at Newberg; but of her family I had two of 

 her sons, one daughter and a <>'randson. So I 

 had at hist overtaken the liorses, and tlie de- 

 seendants of tlie liorses, that I had seen slip- 

 ping so graeefully on the pavements of Chi- 

 eao'o. The i)assenoer list was a very big one 

 on the Freneh liner, but, when the ])assengers 

 went ashore in France, evervbody who had 

 been on board the boat, even to the captain, 

 was fairly well informed on Arabian horses. 



The two youno' men who were with me were 

 as proud of the Irade that I carried from his 

 Imperial JNIajesty, the Sultan, apparently, as 

 I was myself, and already it began to show 

 the w^ear and tear of much handling. 



We reached Constantinople on a train they 

 called ''The liimited," on July 19th, in the 

 forenoon, and after the usual formalities over 

 j)assports, went to the hotel. The American 

 Embassy was almost next door to the hotel, 

 and at the Embassy our first real excitement 

 came. When I arrived, Thompson and ISIoore 

 having preceded me, JNIr. Alexander Gargiulo, 

 the first Dragoman, was talking ^Vrab horse 

 with my companions and they had told him that 

 I had an Irade from the Sultan permitting me 

 to export six or eight mares. This he thought 



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