MY QUEST OF THE ARAB HORSE 



from his home in Kentucky to Palmyra, and 

 brought three stalhons and two mares. Mr. 

 Richards bred his stalhons extensively and one 

 of their get, "Sabek," was bought by Mr. 

 Aymar Van Buren, of Newburgh, N. Y. Mr. 

 Van Buren brought the half Arab to New- 

 burgh, where he sired a great many very fast 

 and tough road horses with extra endurance. 



For many years in the meantime, Mr. Ran- 

 dolph Huntington, of Oyster Bay, had been a 

 student of the Arab horse. Mr. Huntington 

 was the breeder of Henry Clay, and still main- 

 tains much of that blood on his farm. His 

 ideas, however, were very different from those 

 of the majority. He believed in in-breeding, 

 and considered that that in itself was a test 

 of purity of blood. He bred his Arab mare 

 "Naomi," which was bred bv the Rev. F. F. 

 Vidal, in England, to her son, and grandson. 

 That cross did not strike the fancy of the 

 American horse-breeders, and Mr. Hunting- 

 ton and the horse-breeders of America have 

 long been at war. Indeed his efforts so far as 

 they were intended to demonstrate what the 

 Arab horse can do in America, have been a 

 failure. 



Several horses have been imported into 



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