40 THE ARABIAN HORSE. 



remain some time, the captain, in compassion to the horse, 

 landed him for the purpose of exercise. No convenient, 

 securely enclosed place could be found but a large lumber yard, 

 into which the horse was turned loose ; but, being young and 

 as playful as a kitten, he clambered to the top of a huge pile 

 of lumber, from which, and with it, he fell, breaking three of 

 his legs. 



At this time, in the same port, the English captain met an 

 old acquaintance from New London, Conn., U. S. A. To him 

 he offered the horse as an animal of estimable value could he 

 but be cured. This Connecticut captain gladly accepted the 

 horse and knowing that he must be detained for some time at 

 the Island before he could dispose of his assorted cargo, got 

 the horse on board his vessel, secured him in a sling, very care- 

 fully set and bound up his broken legs, and, when he landed at 

 his Connecticut port, the horse was able to walk from New 

 London to Pomfret, Conn., which place became his home for 

 several years ; and such was the character and value of his 

 colts that his service became in great demand, and during the 

 "War of the Revolution the Connecticut cavalry of beautiful, 

 active horses attracted the attention of Generals Washington 

 and Lee to such an extent that they enquired into their breed- 

 ing, and found them to be the sons and daughters of this Ara- 

 bian horse " Ranger," as he was called. 



After the close of the War of the Revolution, and about the 

 year 1784 or 1785, Generals Washington and Lee sent Captain 

 Linsley to Pomfret, Conn., to see this wonderful sire of cavalry 

 horses, and, if as represented (and if he could be purchased), to 

 bring him back with him to Virginia. Captain Linsley found 

 this horse in Pomfret to be owned by a man named Sabin, who 

 consented to sell him for $1,000 ; consequently he was taken to 

 Yirginia and his name changed from "Ranger" to "Linsley's 

 Arabian." He was then about twenty years old. He stood 

 for several years in Virginia, covering mares at high prices and 

 sired some very good ones there, among which were Tulip and 

 many other noted runners of that day. 



