Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1830-05-06
WINTER ARABIAN.


THIS beautiful and true Arabian Stallion will stand
at my stable, in the county of Brunswick, 3S
miles South of Petersburg 10 miles Northeast from
Brunswick Courthouse. (Lawrepcevillc0 and 8 miles
Northwest from Belfneld. and let to mares at SIS
the season. 10 be discharged by the payment of S2U
any time IN the season. and dollar to the groom
in each CASE. The season to commence the 18th oi
February, and terminate the 18th day of July Good
pasturage tor mares furnished gratis we'll fed
and strictly attended to at n reasonable price, but
responsibility for escapes accidents.
The subscriber congratulates the breeders OF fine
horses, ON the opportunity offered them of i'm
proving their stock, by n valuable cross.-That the
American and English horse has greatly deterio
rated IN the last eighty years, is fact that must be con-
cedcd by all intelligent and candid sportsmen; and
that, that deterioration has been produced by the
practice OF breeding aud II is called, (hat is
from the same stock,) 1T IS presumed will also be
admitted. After the most dilgent inquiry and careful
investigation, I believe the most successful rascrs in
Virginia persuaded that occasional the
original stock of oriental horses is necessary 10
preserve improved breed, it was in the 6rst
instance to obtain III and far from the direct
not producing the finest animals both for strength,
speed and beauty, IS capable of proof and the his
tory OF the English horse will demonstrate it,
that the best and breeders England ever had
were the sons and daughters, and at farthest, the
grsndsons and grand dsug hters of the Arabian: and
that they have depreciated in proportion they
removed from these points. The fest evidence
would offer in support of the assertion is, the
biished weights the English course at different
dates from the time OF the introduction ite BARLEY
/
which included period of about fifty years. They
were breeding extensively from oriental horses, in
GLIDING Barbs and Turks During that entire period
their horses continued to improve i'm speed and bot
tom, while the weights were grestly ncreased aged
horses then carried 168 pounds, and with that the,
ran four miles, from minutes twenty seconds e
seven minutes nifty seconds; from that time say from
l77O to l775 to the days of Eclipse they discontinue
the breeding from the Araba and their weights have
] been gradually decreasing; some tracks 10 rs
pounds; and on none believe, they higher thar
fC. Neff her IA
RIGA racer that the distance in the same time
in which it was formerly done with their heavy weights
The next evidence is, the horses themselves. Dare,
Arabian got Flying Chders, who is said have ruI
four miles in six minutes and forty seconds. F1yins
Childers got many fine racers but that equaeC
himself. Godolphin Arabian got the dam of Eclipse
but Eclipse never got his equal, though he 70
many fac racers-vz: Regulus, Volunteer, &c. lie
gulus got many champions of the turf but neither lin
nor his progeny produced another ReguIus. Nertum
nus got Baronet, but Baronet never got n horse a
successful on the turf MS himself sire Volumtee
got Spread Eagle, Sterling, &C.; but Sterling an,
| Spread Eagle never got their equal, much l. S
the equal of Volunteer. Janus and Fearnought were
got by Godolphin Arabian; during the days Of those
horses, Virginia famed for fine saddle horses, Al
well as distinguished racers; now, it is almost proven
bia that the blood horse Of Virginia rarely produces
fine saddle horses nor have we, believe, a single tur
horse capable of running four miles with l6S pound
(the former weights in good time. Our best racer
are made by young horses carrying light weights; ar
It is fact and which is we'll worthy the sonside
ration OF ralsers, that with the present light weight
many of our first horses break down in training, ant
very few remain longer than two years on the turf
Their bone, sinew, and muscle are not in proportion
to their SIZE and weght--and their legs often Civ
way IN training exercise. II is believed there is no
now in the United States single bigh-blooded hors
that has not descended from the stock viz: tn
GodolphIn Arabian, and generally speaking, both b.
dam and SIRE Can strong active, healthy and vigoI
Gus horse be reasonably expected by propagaIin
from such near connexionsi Every farmer knows tn
effect of crossing IN and ia has on cattle sheen &c
ateltl
to the noble and useful of animals by the yoI,
ton of the law of nature, which fbrbds incestuou
connexions but it carries with il its own corrective
IN the slow but certain destruction of the speces sue
being the consequence of our system, it would s,.r
strange that we continue to pursue it.-Tany attempt
have been made to alter i,-many fine horses hsv
been imported from England but they have furnishe
no remedy for the evil-the English and America
race horse being of the game stock. The difficult,
and enormous expense of obtaining the true -bloode
Arabian, has prevented the importation of MANY @
them into this country 1t is affirmed by writers an
travellers that those of the sacred blood las thew
there caed) are valued from 500 5000 pounds stc
y hng-they are considered consecrated breed do
signed for the of the Prophet and his
and great prejudice exists to selling them ut al
Tapfn, in his Sporting Dictionary published in 1906
vol /, page AZ, remarks-"that they mostly cor
signed presents to his Majesty some of the Roya
Family and their pedigree of their blood is records
with much and tenacity, as the genealoe,y
the most Ancient English Nobility" Eut, it canno
be necessary to euogize this matchess breed Of hor
ses, to recommend them to the American sportsman
be must know, that it by crossing ON this stock
that the sluggish and cod-blooded horse of England
was converted into the beautiful and hirh-mettIe
courser II is only necessary to satisfy him that tn
WINTER ARABIAN is one Of true stocls-so man
attempts have been made to impose on public credul
y by palming on them spurious horses for the Ara
ban that the evidence Of the true stock should b
satisfactory and conclusive. The Winter Arabian wa
captured during the late war in 1914 then one Yea
old by the Privateer Grampus of Baltimore on boar
the brig Doris, his Britannia Majesys Transport No
m IN prr
mouth in England: and was intended as present TO
NE then Prince Regent, now King of England. Is,
Miles Weekly Register, voL Uii page I6)
Winter Arabian was sold part Of the cargo of th
captured brig, and was purchased by Elisha j. Winter
! Esq. then member Of Congress from the State O
New York; after the purchase, he, through hight
respectable mercantile house in New York, caused al
I inquiry to be made OF Colonel Broomfield and Mr.
Douglas, the superintendans of His Maiesty's stud a
Hampton Court, by whom he informed, that full
blooded Arabian was shipped in the brig Doris from
Senegal, for his Majesty, und there was no doubt O
bis being OF the best Arabian stock.-This correspun
deuee with Mr.. Winters certificate, that ne is tn