Darby's pedigree was finally made available to me yesterday, and I was absurdly pleased to recognize several National Champions in it. On his sire's side is *Witez II, the Polish Arabian I mentioned previously, from the biography _And Miles To Go_; so now I can nod sagely and say, "That explains his courage in facing 3 pitbulls," or "...his fire and showy bearing," or "...his dignity and demanding respect."
Of course, that's silly; as if what his great-great-great-grandsire did or was has that much bearing on his personality! But he does have that compact Polish body confirmation. (Pix of Witez II:) http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Creek/2090/witezII.htm 'Raffles' is another well-known Arabian sire, of Crabbet breeding (which included a lot of Polish Arabs); here is a site about him - the pic of him at 24 years old looks very much like Darby in his winter coat: http://www.geocities.com/aolsen_2000/PedigreeRaffles.htm (Polish-bred and Crabbet-bred Arabs tend to be compact and stouter than the Egyptian-type; this is Morafic, a good example of the leaner and leggier Arab:) http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Creek/2090/morafic.htm And on his dam's side are 'Rohanna' - I presume of the mearas (sp? - Shadowfax's breed) - and 'Keturah' which was my SCA name...what fun! Debbi who got tied up with looking at all the pretty pictures __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Shopping - with improved product search http://shopping.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
