The Arabian Horses of the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair, and some of their influence
“In 1893 . . . on State Street, we heard some weird, queer music. Approaching us were some gray horses slipping and falling on the wet pavement; horses that actually had grace and beauty as they fell and regained their feet almost instantaneously. Though never having before seen a horse with a speck of Arab blood in his veins, I knew that these were Arab horses.”
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After exhibiting on the Midway of the Chicago World’s Fair, the Hamidie Company went bankrupt and the surviving horses were dispersed at auction in 1894.