First Edition 1906 published by Doubleday, Page & Company, New York. 8vo. (21 x 14 cm.) 104pp.
Publisher's original green cloth, upper cover titled in gilt and with inset photograph of horse's head, spine gilt lettered, no DJ. Generally an excellent copy.
Spencer Borden, a successful businessman, became a very influential breeder of Arabian horses during the first two decades of the 20th century. Borden established a stud at Interlachen Farms in Fall River, MA where he produced a large number of "Americo-Arabs" (crosses between Arabian horses and various American stock). Borden imported many of his Arabians from the Crabbet Stud in England, including the mare Ghazala, whose daughters were to become very important to the American Arabian lines. Like many of his contemporaries, Borden supported the use of the Arabian horse in the U.S. Calvary.
Contents in Six Chapters: Arab Horses Outside of Arabia, Arabia and Some of the Bedouins, Early History and Families of Arab Horse, How Some Arab Horses Have Been Obtained, Arab Horses in America, and Some Last Words.
Borden was a great advocate of the Crabbet Stud and this is an interesting book for any collection on the Arabian Horse.