ALWAYS REMEMBERED by American breeders will be Wadduda, mother of Moliah and eight other well known fillies and colts in the American Stud book of Arabian horses. Wadduda, Hashem Bey's own war-mare with large lustrous eyes was not only celebrated for her beauty, but her courage. Two large scars on her neck bore witness to a deadly duel which her master had fought from her back, when he unhorsed a chieftain of the Ruala tribe and two slaves of the dying master thrust the steel blades of their lances into her. At another time Wadduda proved her great endurance when she was ridden from Alexandretta to Aleppo, 106 miles in eleven hours over high mountain trails. Hashem Bey's love for Wadduda was not exceeded by that for his family, but he turned his war-mare over to Shaykh Ahmed Hafiz as a token of their friendship and respect for each other. When Davenport came to Aleppo, it was Shaykh Ahmed Hafiz's turn to give the famous war-mare away. Taking leave from her, Ahmed Hafiz pointed to a blue bead which Hashem Bey had tied into Wadduda's tail when she was born and said to Davenport: "I love even this little talisman fastened into her long hair, but from now on Wadduda is the possession of my brother and the blue Bead will be a token of her noble birth."

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