PLEASE: Feel free to make an offer ! ! !

“IT JUST DOESN’T “GET” ANY BETTER THAN THIS!!

Great gift for the horse lover in your family, and don’t forget yourself…..       

This is a really great book  and so hard to find.   

UP FOR AUCTION: 

FAMOUS SADDLE HORSES VOLUME 1

BY SUSANNE..  

Condition is GOOD as you can see from the photograph of the cover…. 

THIS ONE IS A FIRST EDITION –

When you review other listings this week – Mine is a REAL BARGAIN !!!!

 1936 (PRINTED IN THE FRONT COVER)

THIS BOOK BELONGED TO:

JOHN HERNDON RUST

BREEDER & TRAINER OF SADDLE HORSES

Art by the brilliant and legendary artist George Ford Morris (1873-1960).  He contributed tons of photographs and drawings and paintings for this volume.  I will show you as many of them as I can…

Dedication:  “..This being the Two-Hundredth Anniversary of the birth of George Washington, a great lover of Saddle Horses, what could be more appropriate than to dedicate this book, Famous Saddle Horses, “to him.”

    I can only “imagine” how difficult was Susanne’s search for all that is published within these pages.  We must be so grateful to her for her tireless efforts. 

Taken from Susanne’s Forward:

“… the attempt to gather together scattered odds and ends of information concerning some of the most prominent Saddle Horses in the show ring and in the stud in former years has been an extremely interesting, though at times disappointing, task.  The excursion into the fields of their origin has led the compiler into paths little frequented in the usual pursuit of Saddle Horse history.  When the Farmers Home Journal began publication of short stories in 1930, I was greatly dismayed because of the limited information that could be secured about some of the most famous old sires and matrons, and this lack of authentic information impressed upon me convincingly the necessity of a  work of this kind being done and being done immediately.”  “…nowhere are there complete records to which one may turn for guidance; no archives invite the scholar to invade their treasures; and no dusty tomes inspire the heart with the promise of reward for delving within their musty pages for accounts of the pomp and glory of bygone days…” 

    It begins with the origin and development of the American Saddle Horse and the 17 original foundation sires.  She tries to give the pedigree and the historical notes on each horse.  Great pictures showing the Prominent Thoroughbred Ancestors of the American Saddle Horse:  Messenger, Grey Eagle, Mambrino, Sir Archy, Diomed and Hedgeford

   I just love some of the quotes concerning the Thoroughbreds!!! “..in most foundation stallions there was a strong admixture of Thoroughbred blood and most of them traced to the great dam of Denmark, Betsey Harrison, and possibly owe to this origin their reproduction of the American Saddle Horse…”  “… Colonel Nall wrote:  “It may be said that the scrutiny of pedigree of the best Saddlers will reveal in most cases that the blood of the Thoroughbred predominates, but while this is true, a breeder could make no greater mistake than to suppose that any Thoroughbred will do…..”  “… Charles L. Riley, breeder of both Thoroughbreds and Saddle Horses said:  “Since it takes many other qualities, characteristics and graces beside conformation to round out the Saddle Horse, the query becomes pertinent, can these be found in the Thoroughbred?  My answer is no….”

At the back of the book big report on the World’s Fair – Chicago, 1893 listing all the Champions (Rex McDonald appears here).  “… best herd was awarded to Gen. John B. Castleman’s string of horses.  The second herd prize went to Mr. Potts and the third to Mr. Harrison both of Missouri.  Championships and Futurities are reported at the end 1916 to 1931.

    These books are such incredible treasures.  We all know Annie C. is in the Broodmare Hall of Fame.  The pitiful picture of Annie C. at age 24 (shown here) I know looks more like a mule, but the poor old gal sure left us her grand legacy.  Bred to Bourbon Chief she gave us Montgomery Chief  (1897) and Bourbon King (1900).

Hardbound - Bound with embossed horse head in oval on the cover. 

Some of the Saddlebreds pictured are: Astral King, Black Hawk, Black Squirrel, Blue Chester, Bohemian King, Bourbon Chief, Bourbon King, Bourbon Prince, Bourbon’s Best, Bourbon’s Knight, Cabell’s Lexington, Carolina,  Chester Dare, Cloud King, Coleman’s Eureka, Crigler’s Denmark, Dandy Jim, Diamond McDonald, Diana O’The Lea, Dignity Dare, Diomed, Easter Star, Edna Mae, (we all know her line, Dolan Chief, Edna May’s King to  Anacacho Shamrock to Wing Commander), Emily, Forest King,  Gaines Denmark, Gipsy Dare, Golden Firefly, Golden Fleece, Golden Glow, Golden King, Grand McDonald,  Grey Eagle, Guided by Love, Hazel Dawn,   Harrison Chief, Hedgeford, Highland Chief, Highland Denmark, Highland Gay, Highland Squirrel King, Ike, Indian Highland Flower, Jack Barrymore,  Jack Twigg, Jean Val Jean Jewell Dare, John Rockefeller, Kathryn Haines who gave us Kate Haines who gave us Bourbon Genius, Kentucky Choice, Kentucky’s Artist, Kentucky’s Best, La France, Lady DeJarnette,  Lou Chief, Lynn Boyd, Mambrino, Marvel King, McDonald Chief, Messenger, Missouri Squirrel, Montgomery Chief,  Montrose,  Monte Cristo, My Dare, My Major Dare, My Own Kentucky, Nickle Plate, Peacock, ,  Princess Eugenia,  (who gave us King’s Genius)…. Red Light, Red McDonald  Red Squirrel, Rex Blees, Rex Connell, Rex Monroe, Rexie Donnell,  “Rex    McDonald, Rex Peavine, Sally Denmark, Sir Archy, Star Denmark, Star McDonald, Star Rose, Sun Flower, The Feudist, Thornton’s Star,    

This is a must have for the serious saddle horse collector.

Don’t miss out on this grand opportunity to have this vintage treasure.

This is sooooo worth whatever you end up paying for this old treasure….

If more than one item is purchased I “will” do combined shipping.