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juige county farm, which occurred Slav l of this year, be conducted studs at Morris Plains, N. J-, andj Hingham, Mass. These are consolidated in the present stud. The Senator Richardson estate in recent rears, was used as the headquarters of the Orange County Hunt Club, anrtj last rear E. H- Harriman stabled a. number of his trotting horses there. The far™ is provided with several large barns and is in every way well adapted for breeding purposes.Besides his interest in'horse breed-1 fag, Mr. Davenport is an enthusiastic naturalist, and the Goshen farm hasj some fauna! curios calculated ' to’ strike the casual visitor. 1Mr. Davenport procured his Arabs; oh a journey into the desert, which; he made in 1906, when he was receiv- j ed with honor by many of the desert j Sheiks. The permit granted Mr. Davenport was the first ever given a foreigner to export mares and stallions from, the Arabian desert, and was obtained through the Turkish I Embassy at Washington. Mr. Daves-1 port's was ihe first considerable im-j poxtation of Arabian horse?. jOf Mr. Davenport's importation.!- four are particularly remarkable fori purity of blood and superior horse j qualities. They are Haleb, whom the. Arabs call “The Pride of the Desert,1' j the present of the Governor of Alep-j po to Mr. Davenport; Muson, the-listening horse, whom Col William F.- Cody (Buffalo Bill) rode when he showed at Madison Square Garden, in New Tork, In 1907; Ham rah and' Marrbruch. The following account of their pedigree and purchases axe taken from the 1909-1910 catalogue of the Davenport stud:before the President and ms guests. A few colts, have been born, sired by him, in America, and they all ^ bear traces of his marked individuality.• Hamrah.Bay colt, bred 1904. This young horse is rapidly rounding into one of the best of the entire importation. He is a very beautiful golden bay, with three white feet and a pretty star and stripe in the 'face. ‘ He Is ‘a horse o£ immense power and- the finest possible action under the. saddle In the gallop. In an impromptu trial of a mile he ran the last quarter in twenty-nine seconds as a three-year-old. without a day's preparation, and, in fact, never ran before at top speed.- While on exhibition before the President of the United Siates, Quartermaster General Ailshlre preferred Mm even to any of- the rest. Hamrah is destined to be a great sire, as it would be impossible for him to fail to transmit his wonderful individuality.Marrbruch.Bay colt, foaled June 5, 190S. Dam, Werdi. No. 21 mares. Sire, Haleb. No. 1 horses.LEinreOUTING COMMITTEESIssOOF ODD FELLOWSillclt;KnRepresentatives of County *♦ ^ vLodges Made Final Arrangements at Monday's Meeting.Representatives of the Odd Fellows
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Orange County Times Press
Middletown, New York, US
Fri, Jun 11, 1909
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