MY QUEST OF THE ARAB HORSE 



much abused by some of the Arab horse critics 

 in America, who claimed that they were tram 

 horses from Damascus; but as there are no 

 trams in Damascus, the point was not very well 

 taken. On the contrary I am assured on good 

 authority that the World's Fair horses were 

 of the best blood and that among them were 

 very fine specimens of the Hamdani Simri, 

 Abeyan Sherrak, Seglawi Obeira, and others 

 of the recognized breeds. 



There is one noteworthy fact in connection 

 with these animals and that is that they are the 

 only Arab horses which ever came to America, 

 and won a prize in an open competition in any 

 class at the recognized horse shows in America. 

 Mr. Peter B. Bradley, of Hingham, Mass., 

 who had bought nearly all of them, bred a colt 

 which won a prize in open competition, at Dur- 

 land's Horse Show, for Hght-weight saddle 

 horses. Another yearling colt bred by Mr. 

 Bradley and sired by "Obeyran," one of the 

 World's Fair stallions, out of a mustang 

 mare, won first prize in open competition at 

 the New York State Fair in 1903, beating sev- 

 eral of the get of the best bred trotting horses 

 in the country, while a bay horse, "Zedan," 

 bred by Mr. Bradley, out of pure sire and dam, 



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