MY QUEST OF THE ARAB HORSE 



ten years later, with a drunken groom, he ran 

 away about twenty miles. Before he was sold 

 to Mr. Shoemaker (the present owner), he 

 was "let down" in his hind pasterns. 



In view of this I think Mr. Shoemaker's 

 statement most remarkable. It shows a per- 

 formance greater even than Moore's in the des- 

 ert, or that of General Colby's riding in Ne- 

 braska on the Grant stallions. 



Mr. Shoemaker writes as follows : 



"I purchased the Arab stallion 'Koubishan,' 

 which I have since re-christened 'Nasir Khos- 

 ran,' of Mr. Davenport, on April 1st, 1906. 

 He is a horse perhaps 19 years old, 14.2 hands 

 high, of a peculiar color. I rode him daily in 

 Central Park last spring, and early in June 

 shipped him to my country home at McElhat- 

 tan, Penn., which is situated in the wildest 

 and most mountainous part of that state, 

 hundred miles through the mountains, never 

 going less than thirty miles in a day. We did 

 not go continuously, however, as I frequently 

 rested at attractive spots to enjoy the country, 

 but never stayed more than a day in one place. 



"During the balance of the summer I rode 

 him from time to time, but while I was absent 



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