Endurance horses
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
"Halcyon", Three-Fourths Grade Arab, Cross-Bred, 1870s-1930s
Photograph of a man riding "Halcyon", the three-fourths grade Arab, cross-bred horse that finished fourth in a long-distance test at a time of 53 hours and 45 minutes, condition 50, and total performance, 71.3% and noted as an example of the value of selecting dams with careful judgement. From the Bush-Brown book: Heredity for Horses.
"Kingfisher", Second in Long Distance Test, 1870s-1930s
Photograph of the three-fourths Arab and one-fourth Thoroughbred stallion, "Kingfisher" that finished second in the long distance test in 1919. He completed the test in 53 hours and 21 minutes and received the condition mark of 48 and 88.8% for total merit. Col. Tompkins of the U.S. Army rode this horse into Mexico for the expedition of 1916covering 575 miles over desert and cold mountains.