Photo: OSMAN III, a Chilean stallion
The original scan of this photo has cut off the name of the horse, but it’s fairly legible even so, and the following page is able to identify this horse as Osman III:
As you can see, he was sired by Aslan and out of the mare Ablulu (Aslan x Hazam), born Oct. 27th 1890. The article this photo was found in dated to 1902 at the very earliest, making this horse 12 years or younger at the time of it being taken. Osman III was owned by Nathan Miers Cox.
Interestingly enough, in this same series of articles, Aslan is said to have been imported in 1871, and the same paragraph indicates that he was around 29 years old in 1896 – putting his date of birth at around 1867. Both of these dates are different than the previous information listed for Aslan, but the proximity suggests that we may be on the right track with those dates.
Please Moira, where did you find this? Spectacular!
We must remember that at that time the horses did not arrive on one day from Europe to Chile, for what Aslan was probably bought in 1971 and came to register after a long trip in 1972 in the Stud book of Chile. The date of birth does not show a variance that is mainly relevant. We continue advancing on the correct dirrection!
Sorry, it seems that the emotion made me change the years in a century. I meant 1871 and 1872, and not 1971 and 1972.
Miguel,
It was found in a digital version of El Campesino, Vol. 33. You can read it via Google Books here.
Re: the variation of dates, yes, that was my thought process as well. Purchased in ’71, arrived in ’72.
Look at the quality of his hindquarters. Even many quarter horses nowadays don’t have that much substance behind the saddle as he does.. See, that’s what has been lost by modern breeding trends..
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Bruce Peek