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    [RC] Pedigrees - Becky Huffman


    The Journals and Correspondence by Lady Anne Blunt is a *Must Read* !!!  
     
    It is excerpts from her diary, her personal reflections on each day as they traveled the desert searching for horses for their farm.  The detail of the people of the time is incredible.
     
     
    "Good and Ill have not changed since yesteryear; nor are they one thing among Elves and Dwarves and another among Men. "
    -Aragorn, son of Arathorn
     
     
    ----- Original Message -----
    Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2002 2:09 PM
    Subject: [RC] Pedigrees

    Hi Teri,
     
    This may be more than you ever wanted to know about pedigrees but I have actually found the research very interesting and you have some very easy bloodlines to trace.
     
    I purchased some great books on the Arabian horse from Ebay a couple of years ago.  Between them, they give you many of the names of the horses from the original importations so you can match them to your breeding. 
     
    First, try to find The Arabian Horse by Rosemary Archer.   It is a small book but a very informative overview of the Arabian Horse.  It tells you about each of the major Studs from the various countries that imported Arabian horses from the desert and which bloodlines were developed at each.  For example, Skowronek was bred by Count Potocki at the Polish Stud of Antoniny from a stallion named Ibrahim which was an original importation from the desert to Poland.  Skowronek's dam was from the established female line at the Stud.  Lady Wentworth (daughter of Lady Anne Blunt) purchased Skowronek and took him to England and installed him at Crabbett Stud where he introduced the grey color back into the sire lines of that Stud which had lost all greys.   His offspring (such as Naseem out of Nasra) had a dramatic impact on Arabian breeding in the USSR and the USA.
     
     
    Next,  the book based on the journals of Homer Davenport who was sent to get horses for Teddy Roosevelt to create the American Stud, was perhaps my favorite book of all and  will get you the names of most of the Davenport line.  "The Annotated Quest:  Homer Davenport and his Wonderful Arabian Horses" was great reading and very helpful in understanding the background of the Arabian horse.  He wanders the deserts with letters from the President of the US asking for help in locating suitable horses for the soon to be created National American Stud and the desert tribes let him buy many horses that would not have been allowed out any other way.  Imagine if we had ever actually created an American Stud!
     
    Then, when you are ready to tackle a serious history, the book Lady Anne Blunt--Journals and Correspondence  1878-1917 is a detailed as it gets.  Lady Anne gives you the details of every horse they imported, where they found the horse, how it handled, what kind of a ride it had and on and on.  She traces the names and histories of many of these horses once they are imported as well.  It is a great source book but I cannot read more than a few pages at a time without falling asleep.
     
    Between these books, you will know most of the names of the horses from the  Crabbet, Maynesboro, Kellogg and Davenport importations and will also know a fair amount about the Russian and Polish lines as well.
     
    Joane and the Herd
    Price, Utah