"LEOPARD" AND "LINDEN TREE.' 



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so I addressed a letter to William D. Anderson, M.D., New Haven, 

 Connecticut, and below give his reply : 



" Randolph Huntington, Rochester, N. Y. 



" Dear Sir, — I would say in reply that the Arabian stallions for General 

 Grant were shod by my blacksmiths, Messrs. Palmer & Bishop, in this city of 

 New Haven, Connecticut, on May 31, 1879; that they (the horses) having ar- 

 rived the day before direct from Constantinople by the steamer Norman Mon- 

 arch, Dunscomb, commander. The steamer at that time was chartered to freight 

 cartridges, guns, etc., to Turkey, from the Winchester Arms Company in this 

 city. 



" She (the Norman Monarch) made the trip direct, entering and clearing at 

 this port. My blacksmith went on board and removed the shoes from the horses, 

 then took the stallions to his shop, where they were re-shod and kept in his 

 stables until delivered to Mr. J. K. Levitt, of the Blue Bell, Darby Road, Phila- 

 delphia, Pa., and from where he exhibited them until delivered to General E. F. 

 Beale at Washington City, for account of General U. S. Grant. 



" Truly yours, 



"WILLIAM D. ANDERSON, M.D. 

 "New Haven, Conn., August, 1882." 



I next called upon Major J. K. Levitt, of Philadelphia, who told me 

 that in June, 1879, while driving a race at the Belmont Park, Mr. Ed- 

 wards called upon him with a despatch from General Beale, requesting 

 that he should go with Mr. Edwards to New Haven for two horses for 

 General Grant. That they brought them by boat to New York, and 

 thence to Philadelphia. That they were shown two weeks at Suffolk 

 Park, then at their fair, which association paid him for the exhibit. 

 Next the fair at Dover, Delaware, gave him two hundred dollars and 

 expenses to exhibit there. He then exhibited them a week at the 

 Washington, D. C, Agricultural Fair ; then at the fair at Alexandria, 

 Virginia. Next at the fair at Cumberland, West Virginia, and lastly at 

 the Doylestown Fair of Pennsylvania. 



It now being late in the fall of 1879, Major Levitt ceased to care 

 for the horses, delivering them into the possession of General E. F. 

 Beale at Washington, D. C, to remain. 



I have been particular in following up these two Arabian stallions 

 presented to General Grant. I deemed their blood of important value 

 to us. I would not condemn such breeders as ridicule Arabians, but 

 would ask questions. 



If Arabian blood is of no value, why does England go back in her 

 records to so many importations of Arabian horses to create and sus- 



