Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1830-06-07
WINTER ARABIAN.


Brunswick Courthouse c. Iawrepcevillc and 10 miles
Northwest from BellGcd. and let to mares nj S25
the to be discharged by the payment of $50
any time IN the season, aud dollar to the groom
in each case. The to commence the 18th of
February, and terminate the 18th day of July. Good
Pasturage FOR mares furnished gratis well fed
and strictly attended to at reasonable price, but
responsibility for escapes accidents
The subscriber congrstulates the breeders of fine
horses, on the opportunity offered them of inn
proving their stock, by "a valuable cruss--That the
American and English horse has greatly deterio-
rated IN the last eighty years. fact that be
/ cedcd by all intelligent and candid sportsmen; and
that, that deterioration has been produced by the
practice of breeding and il is called, (that Isl
from the same sock,) it is presumed will also be
admitted. After the most dilgent inquiry and careful
investigation, believe the most successful raisers i'm
Virginia persuaded that an resort to the
original stock of oriental horses is necessary to
preserve an improved breed, as il was in the first
instance to obtain IT, and from the direct cross
not producing the finest animals both for strenp TIL
speed and beauty 1t is capable of proof and the his
tory OF I'll. English race horse will demonstrate il,
that the b-s and breeders England ever had
were the sons and daughte RS, and at farthest the
grand sons and grand. daughters of the Arabsn and
that they have deprecated in proportion they were
removed from these points. Tho ut evidence I
would offer in support of the assertion is the esta-
ohshed weights on the English a different
dates, from the time OF the introduction tls harley
Arabian, until the death of the Godophin Arabian.
which included period of about fifty years. They
were breeding extensively from oriental horses in.
Guiding Barbs and Turks During that entire period
their horses continued to improve in speed and bot
tom, while the weights greatly increased, aged
horses then carried 1853 pounds and with that they
ran tour miles, from seven minutes twenty seconds to
seven minutes fifty seconds; from that time say from
1870 to 1775 to the days Eclipse they discontinued
the breeding from the Arabian, and their weights have
been gradually decreasing; some tracks to 1l9
pounds; and none believe, are they higher than
l3S pounds yet there is not in England or Anne
RIGA racer that the distance in the same time
IN which was formerly done with their heavy weights
The next evidence is, the horses themselves. barley
Arabian got Flying Chlders, who is said to have run
tour miles IN six minutes and forty seconds. Flying
Chiders got many fine racers; but none that euuaed
himself. Godophin Arabian got the dam of Eclpse
but Eclipse never got his equal, though he got
many hne racers-vz: Regulus, Volunteer, &c. Re
guius got many champions of the turf neither him
nor his progeny produced another Regulus. Vertum.
nus got Baronet, but Baronet never got horse as
successful on the turf as himself sire Volunteer
got Spread Eagle, Sterling SC; but Sterling and
Spread Eagle got their own equal much les
the equal OF Volunteer. Janus and Fearnought were
got by t'odolphin Arabian during the days Of those
horses Virginia was famed for fine saddle horses as
well as distinguished now it is almost proven.
6ia that the blood horse of Virginia rarely produces
lne saddle horse: nor have we, believe, a single turf
horse capable of running four miles With 1853 pounds
Ohe former weights) in good time--Our best racers
are made by young horses carrying light weights and
u is fact, and one which is well worthy the consde.
ration of rasers that with the present light weights
many of our first horses break down in training and
very te~ remain longer than two years on the turf
Their bone, snew, ard muscle not in proportion
to their size and weight-and their legs often give
way IN training exercise II is believed there is not
now in the United States a single high-booded horse
that has not descended from the stock viz: the
C'odolphin Arabian, and generally speaking both by
dam and SIRE Can strong, active, healthy and vigor-
Gus horse be reasonably expected by propagatine
from such near connexionsl Every farmer knows the
effect OF crossing and in has on cattle sheen &c
but we seem not TO have anticipated the consequence
to the noble and useful of animals by the viola
ton of the law of nature, which frbids incestuons
connexions but it carries with it its own corrective
in the slow but certain destruction of the speces such
being the consequence OF our system it would seem
strange that continue pursue it,-nany attemnts
have been made to alter it,-many fine horses have
been imported from England but they have furnished
no remedy for the evll-the English and American
race horse being OF the same stock. The difficulty
and enormous expense Of obtaining the true blooded
Arabian, has prevented the importation of many of
them into this country 1t is affirmed by writers and
travellers, that those of the sacred blood las they are
there called valued from 500 5000 pounds stcr.
lIng-tbey are considered a consecrated breed de-
signed for the of the Prophet and his
and great prejudice exists to selling them at all.
Taplin, in his Sporting Dictionary published in 1905
vol. i, page AZ, remarks-'that they are mostly con.
signed as presents TO his Majesty some of the ROYAL
Family, and their pedigree of their blood recorded
with as much care and tenacIty, the genealogy of
the most Ancient English Nobility" But it cannot
be necessary to eulogize this matchess breed of hor
ses, to recommend them to the American sportsman;
he must know that IT by crossing on this stock
that the sluggish and coldblooded horse of England
was converted into the beautiful and high-mettIed
courser It is only necessary satisfy him that the
WINTER ARABIAN is one of true stock-so MANY
attempts have been made to impose on public credu
y by paIming on them spurious horses for the Ara
ban, that the evidence of the true stock should be
satisfactory and conclusive. The Winter Arabian was
captured during the late in 1914 then one year
old, by the privsteer Grampus of Baltimore on board
the brig Doris, his Britannia MaJesty's Transport No
$50, on her passage from Senegal in Africa TO Ports
mouth IN England and was intended present for
ne then Prince Regent now King of England. (Ses
JNIes Weekty Register, vol vii page l6)
Winter Arabian was sold part Of the cargo Of the
captured brig, and purchased by Elisha j. Winter
Esq. then member of Congress from the State Of
New York; after the purchase, he, through highly
respectable mercantile house in New York, caused an
inquiry to be made of Colonel Bloomfield and Mr.
Douglas, the superntendan,s of Ills Majestys stud at
Hampton Court, by whom he informed, that a full.
biooded Arabian was shipped in the brig Doris from
Senegal, for his Majesty, und there was no doubt of
MS being OF the best Arabian stock.-Ths correspon-
denee, with Mr.. Winters certificate that he is the
same horse, with many other evidences, are in my }
possessionI and will be exhibited to any gentleman
who wishes to raise from him All those who have |
seen him admire his superiority Of FORM beauty and
hnty hsVdness of limbs; his fine, silky, flowing name
and tail; elastic and sprghty movements great share