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place ! Gold good ! Make owner rich ! Buy more 

 horsel Too late, now, Selim stay here!' 



" The temptation was toe great for the judge, and 

 counting out the $4,000 in gold he handed it to his 

 faithful servant, knowing it would find its way to 

 Selim 's owner. Not forgetting Rustam's service he 

 rewarded him liberally, and bade him depart, as the 

 ship was about to set sail. 



" The judge and Selim arrived in due time and in 

 good condition at the judge's farm. Selim 's blood 

 laid the foundation for the finest breed of horses 

 ever raised in that country. His arrival caused 

 a furore among the breeders, all anxious to secure his 

 blood. Among others, Jonathan Roberts, then 

 United States senator, bred to him, and owned 

 several of his colts, among whom were Murad Bey 

 and Selimair. As late as 1861, Selim was sent from 

 Philadelphia and shown at Mineola, L. I., at the 

 State Fair, as a 'noted gray Arab stallion.' He was 

 small, gray in color, and had all the finest points of 

 the 'true air-drinker of the desert' " 



