History in brief of "Leopard" and "Linden," General Grant's Arabian stallions, : presented to him by the sultan of Turkey in 1879Also their sons "General Beale," "Hegira," and "Islam," bred by Randolph HuntingtonAlso reference to the celebrated stallion "Henry Clay." . s. Fardouet.) Intelligent and gifted men like Du Hays and Fardouet encouragedclose breeding of the type now founded, and the result of such closerelationships has given them a horse demanded the world over wheredraught-horses are wanted, while the demand for the English race-horseis limited to the sporting fraternity, either of
History in brief of "Leopard" and "Linden," General Grant's Arabian stallions, : presented to him by the sultan of Turkey in 1879Also their sons "General Beale," "Hegira," and "Islam," bred by Randolph HuntingtonAlso reference to the celebrated stallion "Henry Clay." . s. Fardouet.) Intelligent and gifted men like Du Hays and Fardouet encouragedclose breeding of the type now founded, and the result of such closerelationships has given them a horse demanded the world over wheredraught-horses are wanted, while the demand for the English race-horseis limited to the sporting fraternity, either of the nobility or the lowergrades who live by gambling. It is not so many years, after all, since these two families of nationalhorses were created and established. The possibilities in man arevery great where concerted action is taken ; but, unfortunately, one-half of mans life is spent in discord and opposition. Every man hasan opinion, thinking he knows best; or, finding he does not know, dis-likes to yield ; and if he has an abundance of means will, from nolaudable motives, devote all his capital with his energies to kill theobject which he knows will mortify his pride, especially when he cansee and know that success is bound to come with the superior man, of. i < u W I z oq CLAYRABIA AND CLAYBEALE GRANT. 33 low financial estate, who has presumed to know more than , certain classes of journalists are a fearful obstacle to rapidprogress. They are but weather-cocks of public opinion ; but, beingmen, are warped by the almighty dollar, with neither information norinterest at stake upon success or failure of any great enterprise beyond,as I have said, the money for their pen and type to themselves. I have said enough about the English race-horse to have shown thathe is of Arabian origin, and of no value except to run races. To breedhim up, or to sustain his vitality, no blood can be introduced but his ownprimitive blood of the Arabian. To breed him down, makes the
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