Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1830-06-16

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= at my sts dig, in the county Of Brunswick, SO
miles South of Petersburg, S miles Northeast from
Brunswick Courthouse (Lawrsrceville and 10 miles
Norhwes. from B'slneld. and lot TO mares at $2S
the svasc to be discharged by the pay ment OF S2
any time in the and dollar to the groom.
in each case. The to commence the 18th OF
February and terminate the 18th day OF july Good
psstv rage for furnished grats well fed
and strictly attended to reasonable price, but no
res possibility for escapes accidents
The subscriber congratulates the breeders o. ine
horses, on the opportunity now offered them OF n-
proving their stock, by valuable cross.-ThAt the
American and English horse has greatly detero-
rated in the last eighty years. is fact that must be con.
coded by all intelligent and candid sportsmen; and
that, that deterioration has been produced by the
practice Of breeding and It is called. Chat 10,
from the s'ock,) 1t is presumed win also be
admitted. After the dilgent inquiry and careful
believe the most successful raisers In
Virginia persuaded that occasional resort to the
orgin.l stock Of oriental horses is necessary to
preserve improved breed, AS il was in the first
pr cucing the finest animals both for strength
speed and beauty, it capable of proof and the his
tory of tn. English race horse will demonstrate 4,
that the best and breeders England had,
were the sons and daughters, and at farthest, the
grand sons and granddaughter Of the Arabian: and
that they have deprecated in proportion as they were
removed from these points. The 6-.t evidence
would offer support of the assertion is the esta-
biished weights on the English course at different
dates, from the time Of the introduction tt harley
Arabian, until the death of the Godophil Assbian
which included period Of about fifty years. They
were breeding extensively from oriental horses, III.
cludng Barbs and Turks. During that entire period,
their horses continued TO improve in speed and bot
tom, while the weights were greatly increased aged
horses then carried 1853 pounds, and with that they
foui niles from minutes twenty seconds, to
seven minutes Fifty seconds from that time. say from
1870 1775 to the days of Eclipse, they discontinued
the breeding from the Arabian and their weights have
been gradually decreasing; some tracks to 1lS
pounds; and on none, believe. are they higher than
1SS pounds; vet there is in England or Anne
Iric a rnce hat car RI m
in which il formerly done with their heavy weights.
The evidence is, the horses themselves. barley
Arabian got Flying Childers, who is said TO have run
four miles In six minutes and forty seconds Flying
Chders got many iue racers; but that eQuaiied
himself. Godophin Arabian got the dam of Eclipse,
but Eclipse never got his own equal, though he &c,
many fine racers-viz: Regulas, Volunteer, sc. Re
gulus got many champions OF the urf but neither HIM
nor his progeny produced onother Regulus Vertun'.
nus got Baroue,, but Baronet never got horse as
successful on the turf himself sire Volunteer
got Spread Esge, Sterling. &c; but Sterling and
Spread Eagle never got their own equal muoa less
the equal of Volunteer. Janus and Fearnought we're
got by todophin Arabian; during the days of those
horses Virginia was famed for fine saddle horses,
we'll distinguished racers; nov, is almost proven
bal that the blood horse of Virginia rarely produces
fine saddle horses have believe, single turf
horse capable of running four miles it'll lob pounds
(the former weights) in good time. Our best
made by young horses carrying light weights; and
fact. and which is we'll worthy the considc
ration of rssers, that with the present light weights
many of FIRST horses break down in training and
very few remain longer than two years the turf.
Their bone, snew, and muscle not proportion
to their SIZE and weight-and their legs often give
way in training II is believed there is not
now in the United States single high-blooded horse
that has descended from the stock viz: the
GodolPhin Arabian, and generally speaking, both by
dam and SIRE Can strong active, healthy and vigor
Gus horse be reasonably expected by propagating
from such near exioHsf Every farmer knows the
effect OF crossing .-- has cattle, sheep, &c..
but seem TO have anticipated the consequence
the most noble and useful OF animals, by the viola
ton of the law Of nature, which forbds incestuous
come xions: but it With its corrective,
in the slow but certain destruction OF the speces such
being the consequence of system. it would
strange that continue to pursue tmany attempts
have been made to alter n,-many fine horses have
be imported from England, but they have furnished
10 remedy for the cvii--the English and American
race horse being OF the same stock. The difficulty
and enormous expense of obtaining the true bloodei
Arabian, has prevented the importation Of many Of
them this country. II is affirmed by writer's and
travellers that those of the sacred blood they
there caed) valued from 500 TO 5000 pounds
fng-they considered consecrated breed, de-
signed for the of the Prophet and his descendants;
and a great prt JUDGE exists to selling them all.
Tapn, in his Sporting Dictionary published in 1905,
vol. I, page az, remarks-"ttat they mostly
signed as presents his Majesty of the Royal
Family, and their pedigree of their blood recorded
with much and tenacity, as the genealogy of
the most Ancient English Nobility" But, it cannot
be necessary to euogize this mstchess breed OF hor
scs, to nd them 10 the American sportsman;
he know, that it by crossing this stock,
that the sluggish and cold.blooded horse Of England,
converted into the beautiful and high-mettled
courser. It only necessary satisfy him that the
WINTER ARABIAN IS Of true stock-so many
attempts have been made to impose public creduli-
ty By paimipg them spurious horses for the Ara
ban that the evidence of the true stock should be
satisfactory add conclusive. The Winter Arabian was
captured during the late war in 1914 then year
old, by the privateer Grampus of Baltimore, board
the brig Doris, his Britannia MaJestys Transport No.
ESQ., her passage from Senegal in Africa, TO Ports
mouth in England: and intended q present for
the then Prince Regent, now King of England. (See
Miles Weekly Register, rot ria page I6)
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 highly
respectable mercantile house in New York, caused
inquiry to be made of Colonel Broomfed and Mr..
Douglas, the supernten ants Of Ills Majesty's stud
Hampton Court, by whom he informed, that full
blooded arabian shipped in the brig Doris, from
Senegal, for his Majesty, und there doubt OF
his being of the best Arabian stockThis spon.
dence, with Mr.. Winters certificate, that he is the
same horse, with many other evidences. in my