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Horses of the White City

Footnotes

By Charles and Jeanne Craver
First published in Arabian Horse World September 1989 & November 1989.

 

  1. Vidal, Rev. F. F.: "Arab Horses" in Report of the Committee on Awards, World's Columbian Exposition, 1893, Vol. II, pp 1051-3.

  2. Johnson, Rossiter, ed.: A History of the World's Columbian Exposition Held in Chicago in 1893, Vol IV, 1898, p. 78.

  3. Official Catalog of Exhibits, p. 90

  4. Same, p. 93.

  5. Davenport, Homer: My Quest of the Arabian Horse, B. W. Dodge & Co., New York, 1909, p. 274.

  6. Vidal, cited, pp. 1051-3.

  7. "Catalogue of Arabian Horses Property of the Huntington Stud to be sold June 8, 1907," privately printed.

  8. The Breeder's Gazette, Chicago, 9/27/1893, p. 220.

  9. Memorandum, office of the USDA appointment clerk, Government Archives, courtesy Jerald and Debra Dirks.

  10. Customs Declaration Serial 2931, entry #141, SS Cynthiana, courtesy J. and D. Dirks.

  11. John M. Clark, Collector of Customs, Port of Chicago to John G. Carlisle, Secretary of the Treasury, Washington D.C., 5/17/1893, courtesy Matthew Zuppas.

  12. J. M. Clark to J. G. Carlisle, 5/19/1893, courtesy M. Zuppas.

  13. Memorandum apparently from office of the Secretary of Treasury, Washington D.C., to Collector of Customs, Port of Chicago, 6/21/1893, courtesy M. Zuppas.

  14. H. Davenport to H. H. Laughlin, 2/15/1909, courtesy Dr. James Keith.

  15. K. A. Bistany to H. K. Bush-Brown, 4/16/1909, courtesy J. and D. Dirks.

  16. K. A. Bistany to H. K. Bush-Brown, 4/19/1909, courtesy J. and D. Dirks.

  17. K. A. Bistany to H. S. Gregory, 11/13/1929, courtesy Arabian Horse Trust.

  18. A. G. Asdikian to H. K. Bush-Brown 5/13/1909, courtesy J. and D. Dirks.

  19. Customs Declaration Serial 2931, entry #141, cited.

  20. G. W. Sheldon & Co. to J. G. Carlisle, Secretary of Treasury, 6/1/1893, courtesy M. Zuppas.

  21. K. Sarkis to J. G. Carlisle, 5/17/1893.

  22. Higinbotham, cited, p. 463.

  23. G. W. Sheldon & Co. to J. G. Carlisle, 6/1/1893.

  24. Conn, G. H.: The Arabian Horse in America, The Countryman Press, Woodstock, Vermont, 1957, pp. 162, 164.

  25. Conn, cited, p. 161.

  26. Chicago Tribune, 6/18/1893, p. 2.

  27. Same, 7/5/1893, p. 9.

  28. Davenport, My Quest of the Arabian Horse, cited, pp. 3-4.

  29. Lee, William H.: Beautiful Scenes of the White City, Farewell Edition, Laird & Lee, Chicago, 1894, no page numbers.

  30. Colyer: Dream City: A Portfolio of Views..., c. 1893, no page numbers.

  31. Forbis, Judith and Schimanski, Walter: The Royal Arabians of Egypt and the Stud of Henry B. Babson, Thoth Publishers, Waco, TX, 1976, p. 18.

  32. Conn, cited, p. 158.

  33. Haslip, Joan: The Sultan, Holt Rinehart Winston, New York, 1958, p. 82.

  34. "The Davenport Farms" advertisement in Country Life in America, April 1905, p. 577, courtesy Peter R. Sarra.

  35. R. Huntington to S. Borden, 7/8/1900, courtesy Arabian Horse Owners Foundation.

  36. A. G. Asdikian to W. R. Brown, 9/4/1918.

  37. Registrar's Records and University Register, 1887-8, Cornell University, courtesy Joyce Hampshire.

  38. A. G. Asdikian to W. R. Brown, 9/4/1918.

  39. S. Borden to W. R. Brown, 2/12/1918, courtesy Arabian Horse Owners Foundation.

  40. The Horseman, Chicago, 6/15 & 7/22/1897.

  41. Conn, cited, p. 160.

  42. J. M. Clark to J. G. Carlisle, 5/17/1893.

  43. A. G. Asdikian to H. K. Bush-Brown, 5/13/1909.

  44. G. W. Sheldon & Co. to J. G. Carlisle, 6/1/1893.

  45. K. Sarkis to J. G. Carlisle, 5/17/1893.

  46. Conn, cited, p. 160.

  47. Same, p. 164.

  48. A. G. Asdikian to H. K. Bush-Brown of 5/3/1909, courtesy J. & D. Dirks.

  49. A. G. Asdikian to W. R. Brown of 9/4/1918.

  50. Conn, cited, p. 166.

  51. The Boston Herald, 1/22/1894.

  52. Pedigrees from USDA, Government Archives, courtesy J. & D. Dirks.

  53. R. Huntington to S. Borden, 6/20/1899, courtesy Arabian Horse Owners Foundation.

  54. Davenport, Homer: "World's Fair Arabians," privately printed catalog, 1906-7.

  55. K. A. Bistany to H. K. Bush-Brown, 4/16/1909.

  56. The Boston Herald, cited.

  57. H. Davenport to Tom Davidson, 7/9/1906, courtesy E. J. Hathaway.

  58. "Davenport Desert Arabian Stud" advertisement in Country Life In America, December, 1906.

  59. Davenport, "World's Fair Arabians," cited.

  60. Portrait Types of the Midway, bound group of collections of photographic portraits, F. W. Putnam & Co., c. 1893.

  61. Davenport, My Quest of the Arabian Horse, cited, p. 5.

  62. Conn, cited, p. 167-8.

  63. Huntington letters in the W. R. Brown Library, courtesy Arabian Horse Owners Foundation. Additionally handwritten comments on a copy of Davenport's "World's Fair Arabians" catalog.

  64. Davenport, My Quest of the Arabian Horse, cited.

  65. A. G. Asdikian to H. K. Bush-Brown of 5/3/1909, courtesy J. & D. Dirks.

  66. Letter to the Editor by Miss E. Dillon, published in Western Agriculturist and Live Stock Journal, August, 1893, p. 254.

  67. R. Huntington to S. Borden, 7/6/1895, courtesy A. H. O. F.

  68. Chicago Tribune, 5/1,2/1893.

  69. World's Columbian Exposition Illustrated, cited, June 1893, pp. 98-99.

  70. Sale Bill of "Imported Arabian Horses to be Sold at Public Auction" by Tattersall's of Chicago, Limited, Friday Jan. 4, 1894. Labeled "Marked by Asdikian." Courtesy the Hingham Stock Farm collection of Peter R. Sarra.

  71. Breeders Gazette 1/10/1894, p. 28.

  72. Southworth, Alvan S.: "Horses in Trade, Traffic, and Transportation" in Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly, June, 1894, pp. 641-653.

  73. "Chicago Horse Market" in Clarks Horse Review, Chicago, 1/9/1894, p. 38.

  74. "Horse Market" in Chicago Daily Drovers Journal, 1/4/1894.

  75. "Sale of Arabian Horses" in The Breeder's Gazette of 1/10/1894, p. 28.

  76. Same.

  77. The Rider and Driver, Vol XX-XVIII, No. 11, June 5, 1909, p. 5.

  78. H. Davenport to G. A. Bell, Chief of Bureah of Animal Industry, 9/23/1909, courtesy J. & D. Dirks.

  79. "The Arabian Mare Nedjme," Arab Stud Farm, Newburgh, NY, privately published brochure.

  80. Same.

  81. R. Huntington to S. Borden, 6/20/1899.

  82. R. Huntington to S. Borden, 6/20/1899.

  83. Upton, Roger D.: Gleanings from the Desert of Arabia, reprinted from the original 1881 London edition by Olms Presse, Hildesheim, Zurich & New York, 1985, see especially Part III, Chapters I & II, pp. 281-329.

  84. Davenport, "World's Fair Arabians," cited.

  85. "News of the Arab Horses in America" in The Rider and Driver, 12/16/1893, p. 21.

  86. J. R. Dolbony to H. Davenport, 9/14/1909, courtesy J. & D. Dirks.

  87. Statistical Analysis courtesy J. & D. Dirks.

  88. "Catalogue of Arabian Horses Property of The Huntington Stud," cited.

  89. Mulder, Carol: Imported Foundation Stock of North American Arabian Horses, Borden Publ. Co., Alhambra CA, Vol. 1, p 13.

  90. The Boston Herald, cited.

  91. Statistical Analysis courtesy J. & D. Dirks.

  92. H. Davenport to G. A. Bell, 9/23/1909.

  93. Davenport, "The World's Fair Arabians," cited.

  94. The Boston Herald, cited.

  95. Tattersall's sale bill, cited.

  96. Statistical Analysis courtesy J. & D. Dirks.

  97. The Boston Herald, cited.

  98. The Boston Herald, cited.

  99. Statistical Analysis courtesy J. & D. Dirks.

  100. The Boston Herald, cited.

  101. Davenport, Homer: "Lewis & Clark Catalog," 1905, privately printed, Oregon Historical Society collection, courtesy Rick Synowski.

  102. Tattersall's sale bill, cited.

  103. "Sale of Arabian Horses" in The Breeder's Gazette of 1/10/1894, p. 28.

  104. Tattersall's sale bill, cited.

  105. H. Davenport to Bert Geer, 8/7/1898, courtesy Mickey Hickman.

  106. H. Davenport to Timothy Davenport, 3/24/1902, reprinted in part in Huot, Nola & Powers, Molly: Homer Davenport of Silverton, West Shore Press, Bingen, Washington, 1973, p. 129.

  107. Davis, Robert Hobart: "Davenport and His Farm" in Woman's Home Companion, November 1906.

  108. Davenport, My Quest of the Arabian Horse, cited, pp. 170-2.

  109. Davis, cited.

  110. J. R. Dolbony to H. Davenport, undated answer to inquiry of 9/22/1909, courtesy J. & D. Dirks.

  111. Tattersall's sale bill, cited.

  112. Davenport, "World's Fair Arabians," cited.

  113. Davis, cited.

  114. J. R. Dolbony to H. Davenport, undated answer to inquiry of 9/22/1909.

  115. The Boston Herald, cited.

  116. Statistical Analysis courtesy J. & D. Dirks.

  117. Davenport, "World's Fair Arabians," cited.

  118. J. R. Dolbony to H. Davenport, undated answer to inquiry of 9/22/1909.

  119. Edwards, Gladys Brown: "Is Abeyan *Abbeian?" in The International Arabian Horse, July, 1966, pp. 19-25.

  120. "Five Steeds from Arabia" in The Rider and Driver, 2/17/1894, pp. 20-1.

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