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*Muson AHC 27 (a Kehilan Muson by a Shoeman Sbah)
MUSON, one of Davenport's Desert Arabs, created
a sensation at his appearance in Madison Square Garden in 1907 when Colonel
Cody (Buffalo Bill) mounted him at the opening of his "Congress
of Wild Riders and Wild West Show." President Theodore Roosevelt
and his guests paid homage ot this great horse, "which fulfilled
the fanciful picture that one has in mind when you mention Arabian horses."
(Muson was a Kuhaylan, sired by a Shuwayman who belongs to the same classic
antique type as the Kuhaylan). a more powerful and at the same time such
a graceful horse never had been seen, gentle, alert and of beautiful symmetrical
proportions. One of the unforgettable impressions created by Muson was
when a full-blooded Indian, seventy-two year old "Bull Bear,"
High Chief of the Cheyennes mounted him and gave an exhibition of bareback
riding. The old warrior of the plains handled the high-spirited Arabian
stallion without effort, sitting erect and stern in his place, a noble
red man.
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