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General Grant took his famous trip around the 

 world, the Sultan entertained him at Constanti- 

 nople. Among the things that particularly inter- 

 ested the General there were the Sultan's stables. 

 The Sultan hearing of this, selected two of the 

 best stallions in his collection and gave them to 

 the General. The stallions were Leopard, an 

 Arab, and Linden Tree, a Barb. Mr. Hunting- 

 ton at once set about getting General Grant's 

 consent to use these horses for breeding. He got 

 the consent and set about securing what he con- 

 sidered proper mares. It seems a pity that Gen- 

 eral Grant had not turned these horses entirely 

 over to Mr. Huntington. He was not himseK a 

 breeder, and after he reached middle life was 

 only interested in driving horses. So these stal- 

 lions were really white elephants on his hands. 

 But Mr. Huntington might have made a more 

 extensive use of them than he did. His theory was 

 that these horses should be bred to virgin Clay 

 mares. And he secured several of them. As a 

 breeder Mr. Huntington is one of those who hold 

 to the theory that a mare once pregnant to a 

 horse is liable, if not likely, in later foals to 



