The Arab Horse by Spencer Borden

Spencer Borden, a very early pioneer Arabian Horse Breeder and one of the founders of the Registry. He spent his lifetime proving the value of maintaining the purity of the Arab. He takes the reader to Arabia , the natural habitate of the Arabian and describes Bedouin customs and methods of breeding.

Contents

The Arab Horse Outside of Arabia;

Arabia and Some of the Bedouins;

Early History and Famiies of Arab Horses (with reference to Lady Anne Blunt and her traveles in the Desert)

How Some Arab Horses Have Been Obtained

Arab Horses in America

Some Last Words.

Spencer Borden imported many Arabians from the Crabbet Stud in England. He discusses many of the early imports of Randolph Huntington; Ramsdell; Miss Dillon and others.

This book is the 1949 Borden reprint and is illustrated with art plates and old photos of such noted Arabians as: MESAOUD; RUMELIYA; *ROSE OF SHARON; *IMAMZADA; SEGARIO; RASCHIDA; NIMR; ZEM ZEM; MAIDAN and others. Hard cover in very good condition for age, dust jacket fair, 104 pages