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Into
the Sands of Time A Photo Gallery of
Desert-Bred CMK Foundation Bloodstock (Davenport)
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*Abeyah
| *Azra | *Deyr | *El Bulad |
*Haffia | *Hamrah
| *Muson | *Urfah
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*Abeyah  AHR #39
Color: Bay Sex: Mare
Foaled: 1896
Sire: Desert Bred
Dam: Desert Bred Strain: Abeyan
Sherrak
Dam of
5 registered purebred Arabian foals (2 colts and 3 fillies) including
her daughter *Haffia who is of mid-pedigree influence in
Arieana's Arabians.
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From our Arieana Notebook: *Abeyah, taken in war in 1904
by the Anazeh from the Shammar, was supplied by Akmet Haffez for Arthur Moore to ride on the Davenport
party's horse buying expedition into the desert and was subsequently
imported by Davenport as part of his Importation of 1906. *Abeyah
was considered one of the best mares in the desert and was renowned for
her speed and beautiful head. Homer Davenport wrote these words about the
photo used above: "Imported Arabian mare brought
from the desert in 1906. She is of the family of Abeyan Sherrak, a bay
standing 14.2, weighing 950. She was captured in war from the Shammar
Arabs across the Euphrates by the Anazeh in 1904, her Arabic pedigree
bears the last seal of the Great Sheik Farris that was ever put on a
pedigree. Arthur Moore rode her in the desert with his weight 300 lbs.
galloped her 35 miles in 4 1/2 hours. She was 16 years old when this
photo was taken at the N.Y. State Fair 1909. She ran away with the boy
just at being brought onto the track and ran 1 1/2 miles before he could
stop her. Ed Giero, the greatest reinsman of this age, pronounces her
the greatest mare he has ever seen." ("Homer Davenport And His
Wonderful Arabian Horses" by Charles C. Craver III. The
Arabian Horse News August 1972. p. 42)
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*Azra 
AHR #32
Color: Grey Sex: Stallion
Foaled: 1903
Sire: Desert Bred (Kehilan Krush)
Dam: Desert Bred
Strain: Seglawi
Obeyran
Sire of
6 registered purebred Arabian foals (4 colts and 2 fillies) including his son Joon
who is of mid-pedigree significance in
Arieana's Arabians.
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From our Arieana Notebook: *Azra,
a classic son of Sheik Hashem Bey's distinguished war mare, was purchased by Homer Davenport from Sheik Ali of the Aba
Gomese tribe. *Azra's desert pedigree, dated August 15, 1906, bore the
seals of Sheik Akmet Haffez, Sheik Hashem Bey, and Sheik Ali Rashid.
Imported into the United States by Homer Davenport in 1906, *Azra
was owned at various times by Hingham Stock Farm, John Gilbert Winant,
Morton S. Hawkins, Dr. C.D. Pettigrew, and lastly John A. George of
Indianapolis, Indiana where in 1927, at 24 years old, he was still being
used for riding and breeding. His son Joon became a foundation sire for the William
Randolph Hearst Stud at San Simeon,
California.
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*Deyr 
AHR #33
Color: Golden
Chestnut Sex: Stallion
Foaled: 1904
Sire: Desert Bred (Kehilan Ajuz)
Dam: Desert Bred Strain: Abeyan
Sherrak
Sire of
18 registered purebred Arabian foals (10 colts and 8 fillies) including
his sons Harara,
Hanad, and Tabab, and his daughter
Saba, who are all of mid-pedigree influence in the foundation bloodstock
of Arieana Arabians.
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From our Arieana Notebook: Desert-Bred by Ibn El Rashid of the Anazeh, *Deyr was purchased by Homer
Davenport as a two-year-old, along with *Kusof and *El
Bulad, at a Circassian village near the Euphrates River and was
imported into the United States in 1906. *Deyr had one of the
attributes so necessary to a good sire, that is the ability to sire
horses much improved over himself in type, conformation, and quality. In
1925 at 21 years old, he was purchased by W.K. Kellogg as one of a group of eleven horses that were
to become the foundation animals of his
famous Kellogg Ranch in Pomona, California. *Deyr died very
shortly thereafter leaving no foals for Mr. Kellogg. *Deyr's skeleton, which showed the characteristic five lumbar vertebrae of the
Arabian, was donated to the Los Angeles County Museum of Natural
History.
We at Arieana Arabians take special pride in noting *Deyr's
genetic influence for passing on his iridescent golden chestnut coat coloration
to his sons Harara and Hanad. Is this then the source
for the golden iridescent sheen of our own Gleeful
Pico ("Glitters") and her son Haat Pursuit? We do believe
so, though we also pause to wonder and ponder over *Rose
of Sharon's potential influence for this trait and must consider the strength
for which she was known to pass on her golden coat coloration. Shall we just
conclude then that it is something we will never know for sure and just
enjoy and accept it for the beauty and joy it brings to our eyes? As we
lovingly stroke Haat Pursuit's iridescent golden
chestnut coat with its texture of shiny satin, we say "Yes" and
decide to simply treasure this gift of expressed genetics from out of
this legacy of the CMK Heritage Horses ~ the very same traits
still expressed after over 100 years since the foaling date of this tremendously influential sire named *Deyr.
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*El
Bulad 
AHR #29
Color: Grey Sex: Stallion
Foaled: 1903
Sire: Desert Bred (Kehilan Ajuz)
Dam: Desert Bred
Strain: Jilfan
Stam-Al-Boulad
Sire of
15 purebred registered foals (7 colts and 8 fillies) including his
daughter Dahura who is of mid-pedigree significance in
Arieana's Arabians.
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From our Arieana Notebook: Desert-Bred by Hassan of the Anazeh, *El Bulad, along with *Deyr,
and *Kusof, was purchased by Homer
Davenport at a Circassian village near the Euphrates River and
imported into the United States in 1906. *El Bulad's last owner of record was
Albert W. Harris; date of death is noted as January, 1926 at age 23. We at Arieana Arabians appreciate this stallion's
lasting influence mid-pedigree for his beauty, bone, and generally pleasing
conformation as it comes down to us through his beautiful and prolific daughter
Dahura, her son Joon, and her grandson Stambul.
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*Haffia  AHR
#45
Color: Chestnut Sex: Mare
Foaled: January 1906
Sire: Hamdani of the Anazeh (Desert Bred x Desert
Bred)
Dam: *Abeyah
(Desert Bred x Desert Bred) Strain: Abeyan
Sherrak
Dam of
9 registered purebred Arabian foals (1 colt and 8 fillies) including her
son Harara and her daughter Saba who
are both of mid-pedigree influence in Arieana's purebred Arabian foundation bloodstock.
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From our Arieana Notebook: *Haffia,
the beautiful chestnut daughter of *Abeyah, was included
with her dam in Davenport's Importation of 1906. *Haffia's sire, a
Hamdani Simri stallion, was held in such high esteem that the Anazeh
refused to put a price on him. *Abeyah, captured by the Anazeh from the
Shammar, was bred to this celebrated Hamdani Simri stallion and was in foal
to him with *Haffia
when she came into the possession of Akmet Haffez. *Haffia was born in
Akmet Haffez's stables in Aleppo, Syria in January 1906. The nine month old
*Haffia, who had been left behind
during the Davenport Expedition, was a parting gift by Akmet Haffez to Davenport
for Davenport's then 12 year old son, Homer Clyde. (For further reading on
the life of *Haffia and the other horses Davenport's Importation
of 1906, we recommend Carol June Woodbridge Mulder's
Imported Foundation Stock of North American Horses, Volume 1
Revised Edition.
Borden Publishing Company, Los Angeles, CA. 1993.)
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*Hamrah 
AHR #28
Color: Golden
Bay Sex: Stallion
Foaled: 1904
Sire: Desert Bred (Hamdani Simri of the Anazeh
Dam: *Urfah
Strain: Seglawi
Al-Abd
Sire
of 53 purebred registered foals (19 colts and 34 fillies).
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From our Arieana Notebook:
Desert-Bred by Ibn Zaddan El Awazii of the Anazeh and imported into the United
States in 1906, the purchase of *Hamrah by Homer Davenport came
about one morning as The Davenport party was encamped in the desert. A Bedouin
appeared riding a most impressive bay mare (*Urfah) and leading her 2 year old
colt, *Hamrah, which the Anazeh had promised to send for Mr.
Davenport's inspection. After some bargaining the colt was purchased. During
his life he was known for immense power, his fine action under saddle at
the gallop, his fast running speed, and for his very good
disposition; Davenport wrote of him as sensible and quiet, with an
inherited dignity that others in the importation did not have. *Hamrah's
last owner of record was Mrs. John Gilbert Winant.
As a Sire
*Hamrah was the most popular and influential of all the Davenport Imports,
and at Arieana Arabians we have the joy of *Hamrah's influence coming down to us through several of
his daughters: Moliah, Sankirah,
Hasiker (See Makina), Morfda (see Stambul),
and Poka. As a note aside for those who have interest in these
things, the *Hamrah sire line is now extinct per Michael Bowling
in his post to the Arabian
Preservation List May 20, 2005.
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*Muson 
AHR #27
Color: Grey Sex: Stallion
Foaled: 1899
Sire: Desert Bred (Shuwaiman Sabbah)
Dam: Desert Bred
(Bay)
Strain: Kehilan
Al-Maisan
Sire
of 6 Registered Purebred Foals (2 colts and 4 fillies) including
his son Letan who is of significance mid-pedigree
in Arieana's Arabians.
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From our Arieana Notebook:
Desert-Bred by the Roala Anazeh east of Palmyra, Syria, *Muson was purchased
in the desert for Homer
Davenport by Khalil Haik and was
imported into the United States in 1906. His ownership transferred from
Davenport back to Hingham Stock Farm in 1910, and his last owner of record was
H.W. Jacobs of Chicago, Illinois who purchased him on June 10, 1916. *Muson
is recorded as dead in the 1918; cause of death unknown.
*Muson's impact on the American public while he was alive here
in the United States is worth special mention for he was an uncommonly
striking individual with his upright carriage, high tail carriage,
large and expressive eyes, and small, tippy, ever-alert ears,
and he caused quite a public sensation as the mount of William Frederick ("Buffalo Bill") Cody for the
first two evenings of Mr. Cody's 1907 Wild West Show at Madison Square
Garden, New York, New York; it was reported that in these
shows he was also ridden by Bull Bear, a 72-year-old Cheyenne Indian. Homer Davenport wrote that *Muson
was much admired by President Theodore Roosevelt at the time the
imported desert horses were presented for the President's inspection.
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*Urfah 
AHR #40
Color: Bay Sex: Mare
Foaled: 1899
Sire: Desert Bred
Dam: Desert Bred
Strain: Seqlawi
Al-Abd
Dam of
8 registered purebred Arabian foals (3 colts and 5 fillies) including her two sons
*Euphrates and *Hamrah (who were both imported with her) and
also her
daughter Sheria who is of significance
both tail female and mid-pedigree in the breeding program at Arieana Arabians.
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From our Arieana Notebook:
Desert-Bred by Ibn Zaddan El Awazii of the Anazeh and imported into the United
States by Homer Davenport in 1906, along with her two sons *Hamrah
and *Euphrates, *Urfah was considered one of the best mares in the
northern part of the desert and the finest Seglawi Al-Abd mare
owned by the Anazeh. The photo above was taken of *Urfah sometime before
1916 at Hingham Stock Farm and is considered the most validated of the
photos that have floated around of her in our Arabian Horse historical
documentations. *Urfah went to W.R. Brown's Maynesboro Stud in
1916, and was reported as dead in the 1918 stud book.
Considered a very spirited mare by Homer Davenport, we are proud of
*Urfah's influence in the
pedigrees of Arieana's Arabians through her son *Hamrah
and also through her daughter Sheria who forwarded this
valued *Urfah
tail female line on to her daughters Poka in the pedigree of Ashan
Adar and Sherlet mid-pedigree of Haat Pursuit. (Notes and photo derived from Carol June Woodbridge Mulder's Imported
Foundation Stock of North American Arabian Horses, Volumes 2 and 3,
Borden Publishing Company, Los Angeles California. 1995.)
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To see
for yourself how the influence of these CMK Foundation Horses imported
in 1906 by Homer Davenport still
lives on in the prized and cherished horses of Arieana
Arabians, please contact us. Visitors are always welcome;
appointments are appreciated.
Suzi Morris
ARIEANA ARABIANS
28952 Via Hacienda
San Juan Capistrano, CA 92675-5546
Phone: 949-248-1260
e-mail: arieana@fea.net
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Copyright
© 2003-2012. Website designed and maintained by Suzi Morris.
All rights reserved. This page originally created for Arieana's Heritage Notebook
on October 17, 2004. Updated with new information
February 11, 2006. Updated and Current as of September 17, 2012.
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