Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1830-04-14
WINTER ARABIAN.

1lcs South oil fetcrsOurg, ID miles Northeast from
brunswick Courthouse. I.awrCrccvilC, } and 10 miles
Northwest from B"Geld. and let to mares at sos
the season, tn be discharged by tho payment Of S2u
any time III the and dollar to- the groom,
IN each The season To commence the 18Th of
February, and terminate the 18Th day OF July. Good
pas,urage for mares furnished grstS mares we'll fed
AMI srictly attcnd,d to III reasonable price, but no
responsibility for escapes rr accidents.
The subscriber cungrstuiNtes the breeders uf fine
horses, ON the opportunity now offered them at inn
proving their stock, by valuable crnss.-That the
American and English horse has greatly deero-
rated IN the last eighty years. fact that must be
coded by all Intelligent and candid sportsmen; and
that that deterioration has been produced by the
practice of breeding ia and H. it is called, (that is,
from the stock,) it is presumed will also be
admitted. After the di!Gent inquiry and careful
investigation, believe the most successful rasers in
Virginia persuaded that occasional resort to the
original stock of oriental horses is necessary to
preserve improved breed, it in the first
instance obtain it, and far from the direct cross
producing the finest animals both for strength,
speed and beauty, is capable OF proof and the his
tory OF the English race horse will demonstrate IL,
that the best and breeders England ever had.
were the sons and daughters, and at farihest, the
grsrd.sons and and-dauEhters of the Arabian: and
that they have deprecated in proportion they were
removed from these points. The first evidence I
would offer in support ct the assertion is, tie esa
blished weights on the English at different
dates, from the time Of the introduction tile harley
Arabian until the death of the Godolphin Arabian;
which included period of about fifty years They
breeding extensively from oriental horses, in.
Guiding Barbs and Turks During that entire period,
their horses continued improve in speed and bot,
tom, while the weights were greatly Increased; aged
horses then carried los pounds, and with that they
ran four miles, from minutes twenty seconds to
seven minutes fifty seconds; from that time say from
lI7O TO 1775 TO the days of Eclipse, they discontinued
the breeding from the Arabian, and their weights have
been gradually decreasing; on same tracks to- Ilg
pounds and none, believe, are they higher tan
lSS pounds yet there is not now in England ur Amc-
RIGA racer that the distance In the san time
in which il formerly done with their heavy weights
The next evidence is the horses themselves Darby
Arabian got Flying Chders who is said To have run
four miles in six minutes and forty seconds FIvin-
Chiders got many fine racers; but that cQualled
himself GodolPhn Arabian got ;Ae dam of Eclipsc
but Eclipse never got his own eGuIl, though nc got
many fine racers-viz: Rcgulus, ol;uiecr SC. he.
gulus got many champions of the turf but neither him
nor his progeny produced another BcguluS. Vertur-
nos got Barune, but Baronct never got horse IS
successful the turf himself or sire Volunteer
got Spread Eagle, Sterling, &c; but Sterling and
Spread Eagle never got their own equal, much L.
the equal of Volunteer. Janus and Fearnought were
got By Godolphin Arabian during the days of those
horses, Virginia was t1mcd for fine saddle horses as
we'll as distinguished racers now, il is almost proven.
bal that the blood horse of Virginia rarely produces
hne saddle horse: nor have believe, single turf
horse capable OF running four miles With 1853 pound,
(ihe former weights in good time. Our best racers
are made by young horses carrying light weights and
IT is fact, and which is we'll worthy the consil
ration OF rasers, that with the present light weights
many of our first horses break down in training and
very few remain longer than two years on the turf
Their hone sinew aud muscle are not in proportion
10 lilGF size ana NeBNt--anQ tier legs often
way in training exercise. It is believed there is not
now in the United States single hjghboodcd horse
that las not descended from the stock, viz: the
GodOphin Arabian, and generally speaking both by.
dam and sire. Can strong, active healthy and viEor-
Gus horse be reasonably expected by propaga,Inl,
from such near connexions Every farmer knows the.
effect OF crossing aud he has on cattle sheen &c
but we seem not to have anticipated The CONSEQUENCE
to the noble and us full of animals by the vioI
ton of the law Of nature, which furbls nccstuors
connexions; but carries with it its own corrective
I destruction of he I'll
being the consequence OF our system il would seem
strange that we continue TO pursue it,-Inany ATTEMPTS
have been made to alter H. many fine horses have
been imported from England, but they have furnished
no remedy for the evil-the English and American
race horse being of the stock. The difficulty
and enormous expense Of obtaining the true bIooded
them into this country. II is affirmed by writers and
travellers that those Of the sacred blood as they are
there caled0 valued from 500 5000 pounds
/ hng-they are considered a consecra,ed breed de-
signed for the of the Prophet and his
and great prejudice exists to selling them az all
Iaplin, in his Sporting Dictionary published in 1905
vol !, page ", remarks"that they are mostly con.
signed as presents TO his Majesty of the ROYAL
Family, and their pedigree of their blood Is recorded
WIN as much care and tenaclty as the genealogy of
! the most ancient English Nobility" But, it cannot
be necessary to euogze this matchess breed of hor-
ses, to recommend them 10 the American sDortsman.
he must know, that It was by crossing this stock
that the sluggish and cOld-blooded horse Of ENGLAND
was converted into The beautiful and hirh.mettled
courser. 1t is only necessary to satisfy him that the
WINTER ARABIAN IS one of true stock-so MANY
attempts have been made TO impose on public creduli
ty by Palming 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 wear
old, by the prvateer Grampus of Baltimore, on board
the brig Doris, his Britannia Majesty's Transport No.
o5o on her passage from Senegal in Africa to Ports
mouth IN England: and was intended as a present for
the then Prince Regent, King Of England lSes
Mics Weekiy Register, Uoi Ui. page IG)
Winter Arabian was sold as part of the cargo Of the
captured brig, and was 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 Bloomfield and Mr.
douglas, the superintendent Of Ills Maiestys stud AZ
Hampton Court by whom he informed that q full
FLOODED Arabian was shipped in the brig Doris, from
Senegal Tor his Majesty, und there was no doubt of
his being Of the best Arabian stock-This corresDon
dence, with Mr. Winters certificate, that he is the
same horse, with many other evidences. are in my
possession, and will be exhibited 20 any gentleman
VINO wishes TO raise from him. All those who have
seen HIM, admire his superiority of FORM beauty and
hny hardness OF limbs, his fine, silky, flowing name
anu lali elastic and sprghiy movements; great share
OF bone and muscles indeed the only objection 10 him