THE ARAB HORSE 



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Richards of Kentucky made a trip to Arabia with Troyon, the 

 animal painter. They visited among the Anezah, and Richards 

 brought back to America 3 stallions and 2 mares. The stallions 

 were much used in service, and their blood occupies a place of 

 prominence in the Gold Dust family of trotters. In 1893 a 

 company of men brought several stallions and mares from near 

 Damascus and exhibited at the World's Columbian Exposition at 

 Chicago. Most of these horses later were lost in a fire, but one 



FIG. 5. Hamrah 28, a bay Arab stallion, sire a Hamdani, dam a Seglawi Jedran. 



Owned by Hingham Stock Farm, Hingham, Massachusetts. Photograph by 



Pictorial News Company 



of the finest, a gray mare known as Nedjma, was saved. In 1906 

 Homer Davenport imported 10 mares and 17 stallions to his farm 

 in New Jersey. J. A. P. Ramsdell of New York, Spencer Borden 

 of Massachusetts, and Randolph Huntington of New York each 

 owned imported Arabs of merit. 



The influence of the Arab horse upon the improvement of the 

 present-day breeds is well recognized among students. As early 

 as the reign of King James I of England (1603-1625) Arab 

 horses were introduced into that country and crossed with light 

 horses. Between 1 700 and 1 800 many oriental horses found their 



