THE ARABIAN HORSE. 41 



I have dwelt more on the history of this Arabian horse 

 than I should have done did I not feel assured beyond a doubt 

 that he was the maternal grandsire of that most celebrated of 

 all American horses of his day, Justin Morgan. 



When news came to General Putnam of Pomfret, Conn., 

 that the British had fired upon Concord and that his immedi- 

 ate presence was needed at Boston, the messenger found the 

 "old hero" plowing with an ox team, but in his barn was 

 stabled a beautiful daughter of this great sire of cavalry horses, 

 which "old Put" saddled and rode to Boston that same after- 

 noon, some 65 miles, and which rendered him such signal ser- 

 vice during that great and memorable battle of Bunker Hill 

 on the 17th day'-'of June, 1775. 



An important importation to America of an Arabian sire 

 was in 1820, when " Grand Bashaw " was imported from Trip- 

 oli by Joseph C. Morgan, of Philadelphia. Some of our fastest 

 trotters have descended from him, and much in the improve- 

 ment and merit of our American-bred horses of the present 

 time may, perhaps, be justly attributed to him, as he was in 

 stud service here for more than twenty years. He was the 

 founder of the Bashaw family and the fountain head of the 

 Clay branch of the Bashaw family of the American trotter of 

 to-day. 



One of the most beautiful horses I ever saw was an Ara- 

 bian stallion imported from Egypt by Col. ¥m. H. Jenifer, in 

 1872, "Ishmael Pacha," but more generally known as the 

 " Jenifer Arabian." 



I saw several of his half-blood colts and fillies, which were 

 all very thrifty and large for their age. In color, this horse 

 was a beautiful gray and stood rather less than fifteen hands 

 high, but his progeny, as I saw them, were mostly chestnuts 

 and some of the two-year-olds were taller than their sire. 



I had much correspondence with the importer concerning 

 this horse, and traveled from Connecticut to Pennsylvania to 

 see him ; and after the death of Col. Jenifer I came very near 



