MEETING WITH HASHEM BEY 



in New York he was never exercised. De- 

 spite this, he was just as fresh and sturdy as if 

 in constant use. Early in October he was ex- 

 ercised by my hired boy, and towards the mid- 

 dle of that month I started on another tour 

 with him. We traveled along Pine Creek to 

 Morris Run, Penn., by easy stages, and on 

 October 14th started back. The day was fine 

 for what proved to be a memorable ride of 

 seventy miles. The temperature registered at 

 thirty, the sky was clear and the ground cov- 

 ered with frost. 'Nasir Khosran' or 'Koubi- 

 shan,' carried, including saddle and myself, two 

 hundred and ten pounds. I was accompanied 

 by my cousin, Mr. James W. Quiggle, second, 

 and my friend, JNIr. G. Scott Smith, who rode 

 tough western ponies. We left ^lorris Run 

 at seven o'clock in the morning and arrived at 

 McElhattan at seven o'clock in the evening, 

 resting two hours at mid-day in English Cen- 

 ter. We kept up a stiff pace, averaging seven 

 miles an hour for the entire seventy miles, 

 which resulted in the western ponies playing 

 out after thirty-five miles, but the Arab, carry- 

 ing his heavy load, finished the trip alone in 

 first-class condition, although the roads were 

 all up and down hill, and the next morning he 



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