Return of the Andalusian

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</TABLE></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="17c443c0.gif" border=0 width="580" height="60" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <div> The return of the Andalusian to the Americas began with a magazine article. The article "The Andalusian" was written by Neil Dougall for the all breed issue of Western Horseman magazine, October 1963. </div> <bR> <div> Among the many thousands of readers of the magazine was Glenn O. Smith then personal director at the Veteran's Administration Hospital at Fort Bayard, New Mexico.</div> <bR> <div> Neil Dougall's article on the Andalusian horses for Western Horseman was also his "love at first sight" introduction to the breed. Dougall a foreign correspondent for Australian publications and based in Madrid, became interested in the Andalusian through attending bullfights and visiting breeders. His impression was so strong that he became involved in exporting the Spanish horse back to the Americas.</div> <bR> <div> Smith immediately sought Dougall's address in Spain from the magazine and set up an immediate correspondence with the writer of the article. Smith knew something about horses and he immediately appreciated the desirability of the Andalusian as a horse and as a breed, He would not stop until he had brought the Spanish horse back to America.</div> <bR> <div> Dougal selected an appropriate pair of Andalusians including a stallion and a mare from the herd of the Marquis de Parades for Smith and put them aboard a Lykes Brothers Ship Lines freighter in the fall of 1964. The horses were supposed to have been shipped from Sevila (Seville) but, because of dry conditions and low water levels in the rivers, the horses were put aboard at Cadiz. Needless to say, Smith and Dougall had to do a lot of groundwork with respective government agencies to clear the way for importation of a Spanish horse into the United States.</div> <bR> <div> In the middle of October Smith drove to the port of Houston TX to pick up his horses and October 19,1964 the mare Rebuscada set her hooves on American soil, the first since the time of the Conquistadors. The other horse, a stallion was affected by colic and did not survive the crossing of the Atlantic. Rebuscada was the first of an increasing number of her kind who would re-populate the Americas. Another breeder Chandler Cowles of Tallahassee, Fl. in separate negotiations bought two Spanish horses from a Spanish horse owner who had moved to Venezuela. These horses were later registered with Smith when Smith established the new world registry for the Andalusian and Lusitano horse. </div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <IMG SRC="6e85e900.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="400" ALT="Rebuscada & Glen Smith" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> This was the beginning of the first new world stud farm of the Andalusian horse. established in Arenas Valley, just east of the old west mining town of Silver City, New Mexico. Shortly after the first horse was brought to the United States, Smith formed with Dougall the American Andalusian Association and Neil Dougall was made president.</div> <bR> <div> Dougall had already had the foresight in 1963 to purchase a full set of</div> <div> stud books from the Spanish government. These records, maintained by the Spanish army would be the basis for an official registry in the western hemisphere. The American Andalusian Corporation was established in New Mexico as a corporation on April 30, 1966 and later was known to the publics the first group whose propose it was to protect and advance the Andalusian breed in the Americas, The American Andalusian Association.</div> <bR> <div> American horse fanciers showed immediate interest in the breed and the deluge of mail to the Association caught AAA president Neil Dougall unaware. While the association found means to answer the many letters, the public's, interest in the Andalusian continued to increase, Everyone who owns or breeds Andalusian or Lusitanos horses expects and gets his share of "horse fan mail."</div> <bR> <div> Once Smith had installed his mare Rebuscada in her new quarters in "Arenas Valley, he began to work with Dougall to bring more horses into the country. In May , 1966, Smith boarded a TWA jet in New York to fly to Madrid where he met Dougall, together they arranged the final details in the purchase of Pisador (which means Prancer) , one of Spain's best pure Andalusian stallions. Along with him, Smith purchased two excellent brood mares, Cubanita and Lisonja II. The mares had come from the ranch of Don Fernando de la Camora of Seville. The stallion, Pisador, had come from the stud farm of Marquis de Salvateria who carried the Spanish pedigree grading of outstanding, a classic Andalusian.</div> <bR> <div> Smith accompanied the three horses on the American export freighter from Spain to New York, even sleeping on the cot placed on deck near the crates containing the nucleus of the first American Andalusian stud farm.</div> <bR> <div> After debarkation of Hoboken, New Jersey and a 30 day quarantine period , the horses were transported to Smith's Arenas Valley, new Mexico horse ranch by cross country horse van, arriving on the night of July 13, 1966.</div> <bR> <div> In 1967 five more Andalusians came over from Spain for delivery to other pioneer Andalusian breeders in the United States. This shipment brought Ann and Chris Woodcock and Dr. and Mrs. Albet Marsh to join Glenn Smith and Chandler Cowles as owners of Andalusian horses in the Americas.</div> <bR> <div> Up until April, 1971, all Andalusian and Lusitanian horses brought into the United States were still actually registered in Spain although under the auspices of the American Andalusian Association. On that date,  however, Glenn Smith bought out Neil Douglal's share of the Association stock and that the Spanish government stud books were shipped to Smith in New Mexico. This was an unprecedented occurrence on the history of the breed and it began a new era for the Andalusian horse in the Americas.</div> <bR> <div> By 1978 there were still fewer than 350 registered Andalusian and Lusitano horses of pure blood in the western hemisphere a small number compared to the number of pure blooded Arabian, Morgan and other thoroughbreds. This accounts for the desirability of the horse and the high prices for which these animals are sold.</div> <bR> <div> As the seventies progressed, more attention was brought to the Andalusian and the horse became sought after for such events as the Rose Parade on New Year's day in California. The future of the breed seems secure as some breeders now have as many as 50 to 75 horses, most of which are registered. The regal bearing of the Andalusian makes him a natural for horse exhibition, shows, a parades and movies.</div> <bR> <div> So, the most magnificent of horses has come back to the land where the dawn horse, Eohippus first walked the world and the Andalusian has unlimited future as one of the most desirable breeds of horse known to man anywhere at any time.</div> <bR> <div> The Andalusian name...  <A HREF="id32.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Andalusian Name....">What's in a name?</A></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B> <A HREF="http://www.copyscape.com/"><IMG SRC="http://banners.copyscape.com/images/cs-re-3d-88x31.gif" ALT="Page copy protected against web site content infringement by Copyscape" TITLE="Do not copy content from the page. Plagiarism will be detected by Copyscape." 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