Clay Trotting Horses

Randolph Huntington, a horse breeder, noticed after the American Civil War that Clays were becoming increasingly rare.

"In 1877, Ulysses S. Grant, who was traveling in modern-day Turkey, was given two stallions by Abdul Hamid II, the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire.

The following quotation is also taken from the Oyster Bay Pilot: We have the effort of Mr. Randolph Huntington to establish a type by mixing the blood of General Grant's Arab stallions with the mares of the Clay family.

It will be recalled that when General Grant made his famous tour of the world he stopped at Constantinople, and was entertained by the Sultan, who gave the American soldier, as a souvenir of his visit, two stallions, Leopard and Linden Tree.

Mr. Huntington has theories as to in-breeding, or close breeding, as he prefers to call it, that are more in consonance with the ideas that prevail abroad than here.