112 MY horse; my love. 



wonderment and question in one's mind as to "how 

 did he ever get here?" 



"Yes, that is the first question one naturally asks; 

 for stratagem and not strictly fair dealing has been 

 the means of securing most of them, except when 

 they have been presented by the rulers of the coun- 

 tries whence they came." 



What is the earliest mention of their importation 

 to this country? 



"About the year 1600 the arrival of two famous 

 Arabians is mentioned, one called 'Abdallah,' and the 

 other, Lindsley's Arabian, 'Ranger.' These were 

 the first known progenitors of Arab blood in this 

 country. Several horses have been called for the first 

 who were Abdallah in name only, and not in blood, 

 as has been erroneously supposed." 



And what Arabians have come to us in this present 

 century. Count? 



"As early as 1820 Charles D. Cox, United States 

 Minister to Tunis, who married the daughter of the 

 Bey of Tunis, was presented by the Bey with two 

 Arab stallions, one a chestnut and the other a sorrel. 

 They were sent over the seas in a sailing vessel, and 

 landing safely, were kept on a farm in Middlesex 

 Co., New Jersey. The sorrel was the sire of the 

 original * American Star,' the founder of the noted 

 Star family, and from whom the Hambletonians 

 derive their best qualities." 



Was not Stamboul an imported Arabian? 



" Yes, and of pure blood. Before the Minister to 

 Turkey, Mr. Rhind, left Constantinople in 1832, 

 he sent over three Arab horses, Zilcaadi, Stamboul, 



