THE ARAB HORSE 



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the Gold Dust family of trotters. The Arab horses Maanake 

 Hedgrogi and Liklany Gidran were sent as a gift to Wm. H. 

 Seward, Umbark to President Martin Van Buren, and Linden 

 Tree and Leopard to General U. S. Grant. In 1838 a large con- 

 signment of both stallions and mares was brought to the United 

 States by Commodore J. D. Elliott of the United States Navy. 



Fig. 5. Cunningham, an Arab stallion owned by Sir Walter Gilbey, Bart., 

 England. A winner of races in Egypt and England. From photograph 

 from Sir Walter Gilbey, Bart. 



Important studs of Arab horses in England and America during 

 recent years are worthy of mention. In England Major Upton 

 until his death maintained a pure Arab stud, as also did Henry 

 Chaplin, Minister of Agriculture. Both of these studs were sold. 

 Sir Wilfred Blunt and his wife, Lady Anne Blunt, brought to 

 England from Arabia some eighteen pure Arab mares and two 

 stallions. Besides these Rev. F. F. Vidal and Miss Ethelred 

 Dillon also have studs in England. In the United States 



