[RC] [RC] your take on aladinn & rescue of Polish horses - Pam Salem
Thanks, Heidi. That is how I heard it,
too. I used to raise Polish arabians
and one of my favorite stories is of the guard
who held two stallions all
through the night during the bombing of
Dresden. They were saved to
become foundation sires after the war. I
personally have always liked
the Polish/Crabbet cross. Now I have four
Lasodo babies and the disposition
and trainability is the best I have ever
had. His is not a pure polish pedigree.
He sure puts on size, bone, and
brains.
When I saw Aladinn, he was very full bodied and
passed on a solid body.
He was not very tall. I do not remember him
being small boned. The
Poles watched the dam lines carefully so I would
also look at the dam, too,
in cases of
temperament and conformational problems. jmho - pam
<<<<Well, no, not the group that General Patton
rescued. The Poles made considerable effort and traveled many miles in
great danger to deliver the group that contained *Witez II to the American
army under General Patton because they had heard he was a horseman, and they
knew full well that the Russians that were coming in on the front lines were
apt to eat them. The Poles had no way to maintain the group (no feed,
no money, etc.) and just wanted them to survive the war. They had
managed to keep them out of German hands as well, which was no small
feat--the Germans at that point in the war would likely have eaten them as
well, or at least shot them so no one else would have them. This was
indeed a rescue effort, plain and simple. I'm sure the American army
needed to nursemaid a bunch of half-starved horses like they needed a case of
the plague, but they did indeed take them in and do just that. Heidi
>>>>
