Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1830-03-11

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miles South of Petersburg, Is mcs Northeast from
Brunswick Courthouse. Lawrenccville) and 3 miles
Northwest from Bellfeld. and let to mares at SIS
the season. tn be discharged by the payment Of $50
any time IN the season. and dollar to the groom,
in each case. The season to commence the 18th Of
February, and terminate the 18th day Of July. Good
Fo ,RsstS siyss Sll d fs
A., ioi those who have not had this advantage, 4
'sese with all piainness state the outlines OF
dcrs. course. y.
Ipes, soon as the Convention into Commit,
,eei tue whole and began to examine and deliberate
,as.s aSe reports OF the Select Committees which,
.ent after TWO weeks debating. had reported on the
Iom OF Rights, the Legislative, Executive and Jus
- departments OF government, the great question
wen as was very justly called, the "all absorbing
=, t,on was brought up in the form of Resolntis
the the words following, to witt
pre- Resolved that, in the apportionnlent of repre
TOT taton In the House Of Delegates regard should
opie Gad to the white population exclusively" Ju
owl ureen oy way of amendment had the resolution
'pc, read-that in the apportonment of represents al
Sc IN the House OF Delegates regard should be had
aus taxation and population combined" Then the
hem cussion commenced.
allied The first stroke of the nol;cv ,,1 ,hy:c
ana ANU feforn,ists was to unsette every principle
iar tue science OF government taught or sanctioned
shes commended or enforced, by any Republic upon ca,
.on one Judge asserting that there was no establish
re- principles IN government, and another Judge dec
'sed Ing tnat sell interest was the only principle win
our govern men either III their individual or social
vcr; pacity. - 'o''di
tho Thus the cable was Gu, md the sbi, 5r;,,, g.
EN- her moorngs and out o the ocean we went Dnr;
Ter three weeks we were tossed to and fro over tho
lion eSpanse' over the abyss profound. The unfabom
ing Bile ocean is not bile than the schcn
gu government projected upon no principle In /
iGsl OF inns war ct sIs@sn5si the wot es,heps
been gradually decreasing; ON some tracks to 1l9
pounds; and on none. believe, they higher than
l1S pounds; yet there is not in England Anne
RIGA racer that the distance in the san time
IN which 1t was formerly done with their heavy weights
The next evidence is the horses themselves. barley
Arabian got Flying Childers. who is said to have run
tour miles IN six minutes and forty seconds. Flying
Childers got many fine racers but none that eauaeJ
himself Godolphn Arabian got the dam of Eclipse
but Eclipse never Sot his own equal though he got
many hne racers-viz: Regulus, Volunteer, &c. Re.
gulus get many champions of the turf, but neither him
nor his progeny produced another Regulus. Yerum.
nus got Baronet, but Baronet never got horse as
successful on the turf as himself sire Volunteer
got Spread Eagle Sterling, &C.; but Sterling and
Spread Eagle never got their own equal, much l. SIS
the equal Of Volunteer. Janus and Fearnought were
got by Godosphn Arabian; during the days of those
horses, Virginia famed for fine saddle horses as
well as distinguished racers; now it is almost proven.
sia .ha, the blood horse virginia rarely produces
hne saddle horse: nor have we, believe, single turf
horse capable OF running four miles with 1853 pounds
the former weghts) in good time best racers
are made by young horses carrying light weights: and
1t IS fact and one which is well worthy the consde.
ration OF raisers that with the present light weights
many Of our first horses break down in training and
very tev remain longer than two years on the turf
Their bone, sinew, and muscle not in proportion
to their size and wcight-and their legs often give
way in training exercise It is believed there is not
now in the United States \ single hph-blooded horse
that has desce nded from the same stock viz thu
Godoiphin Arabian, and generally speaking both by
Tam ana SIRE Can strong, active, healthy and vgor-
Gus horse be reasonably expected by propagatnp
from such near xions! Every farmer knows the
effect OF crossing IN aud IN has cattle Sheep &C.
but we seem not to have anticipated the
to the most noble and useful animals nv the VOL,
ton of the law of nature, which furbids incesuous
connexions; but it carries with il its own corrective
in the Glow but certain destruction of the snecies such
being the consequence Of our system, it would seem
strange that we continue to pursue it.-rnany attempts
have been made to alter it,-many fine horses have
been imported from England, but they have furnished
no remedy for the evii--ihe English and hmer;can
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 writer's and
travellers, that those Of the sacred blood las they are
there calet are valued from 500 5000 pounds ster-
ling-they are considered q consecraied breed, de.
signed for the of the Prophet and his ndans
and great prejudice exists to selling them AZ all
faplin in his Sporting Dictionary published in 1908
vol i, page ~, remarks-"that they are mostly con.
Family, and their pedee of their blood is recorded
with as much care and tenaeity, as the genealogy Of
the most Ancient English Nobility" But, it cannot
be necessary eulogize this matcbess brr. of bnr
ses, TO recommend them TO the American sportsman.
he must know, that it by crossing on this sock
that the sluggish and coldblooded horse of England
was converted into the beautiful and hipt-mcttled
courser 1t is only necessary to satisfy him that the
WINTER ARABIAN is one OF true stock-so many
attempts have be en- made to impose on public creduli
ty by palming on them spurious horses for the Ara
bian, that the evidence of the true stock should he
satisfactory and conclusive. The Winter Arabian was
captured during the late in 1914, then one wear
Old by the priyateer rampus Of baltimore, on board
the brig Doris, his Britannia Majesy's Transport No
o5o, Oh her passage from Senegal in Africa to Ports
mouth in England and was intended as a present for
tue then Prince Regent, now King Of England (Sce
"nes Wtekty ReSisfer, rOL vii page IG)
Winter Arabian 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 a highly
respectable mercantile house in New York caused an
inquiry to be made Of Colonel Broomfield and Mr.
Douglas the superintcndants Of Ills Majestys stud al
Hampton Court, by whom he was informed that n full
FLOODED Arsbisn shipped in the brig Doris from
Senegal for his Majesty, und there was no doubt of
his beng of the best Arabian stock.-Tbis correspon
dence, with Mr.. Winters certificate, that he !. the
same horse, with many other evidences. are in nv
possession, and will be exhibited any gentleman
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