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HUNTINGTON, Randolph.

History in Brief of "Leopard" and "Linden," General Grant's Arabian Stallions,

History in Brief of "Leopard" and "Linden," General Grant's Arabian Stallions,

presented to him by the Sultan of Turkey in 1879. Also their sons "General Beale", "Hegira", and "Islam", bred by Randolph Huntington. Also reference to the celebrated stallion "Henry Clay".

Stock Code 116693

Philadelphia, printed for the author by J.B. Lippincott Company, 1885

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Smart copy of this attractive title on the first Arabian horses bred in America. Ulysses S. Grant was gifted Leopard, a pure Arabian, and Linden Tree, a Barb-Arabian by Sultan Abdul Hamid II during his stop in Istanbul during his world tour of 1878. They were bred with descendants of Henry Clay to produce what Randolph Huntington would dub Clay-Arabs.

First edition; 4to (30 x 24 cm); five black & white plates, inner hinge of title page and pp 13-16 torn but not affecting text; publisher's green cloth, gilt lettering to upper board, all edges gilt, upper inner hinge weak, a very good copy; 66pp.

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