ARAB HORSES IN NORTH AMERICA. II3 



and Yemen. The etiquette between the two na- 

 tions made it impossible for Minister Rhind to own 

 them, and they were sold for the benefit of the 

 United States Government. Yemen was taken to 

 South Carolina. The Hon. Henry Clay and Hon. 

 Mr. Berriman, then senators at Washington, were 

 anxious to secure this noted blood to their own State 

 of Kentucky, and so bought Zilcaadi and Stamboul.' 



It must have been their progeny then that have 

 made the fame of Kentucky horses? 



" Doubtless, madam, for from Zilcaadi came the 

 famous 'Gold-dust' blood of that State, while Beau- 

 tiful Bells, the cherished brood-mare, owned by 

 Governor Stanford of California, is a granddaugh- 

 ter of Stamboul on the maternal side. Then, too, 

 the fastest colt ever bred by the late R. A. Alexander 

 of Kentucky was from a granddaughter of Stam- 

 boul." 



Was Grand Bashaw not an Arab? 



" He was a Barb, imported to Philadelphia about 

 182 1 from Tripoli. The Logan family bred and 

 owned young Bashaw, whose sire was Grand Bashaw, 

 and whose dam was Fancy. She was a daughter of 

 Pearl, who was a daughter of imported Messenger, 

 four times inbred to Arabian blood, three times to 

 the Arab Godolphin, and once to Barley's Arabian. 

 Messenger, therefore, was the sire of Pearl on the 

 maternal side." 



Henry Clay was not an imported horse, was he? 



" No, he was a native born American, but was 

 doubly interbred on both sides to Arab blood. This 

 fact made him a phenomenal sire, and many of 

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