Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1830-06-10
WINTER ARABIAN.

mics Sou'n o petersburg - miles Northea;, from
Brunswick Courthouse Iavyrrrcryic aud I8 mics
Northwest from Borll. and 10, TO mares st Go,
the season, tn be discharged by the pa,mert of S2,
any time m the season. and dollar To the groom
February, and terminate the 18th day of July Good
Pns'uraEc Tor mares urnshcd gratis; mares well fed
anu sI,e,y attended 10 a, reasonable price, but
responsibility for escapes q accidents.
I he subscriber cnngrstulatcs the breeders of 6nc
horses, on the opportunity now offered them of i'm
proving their stock, by valuable cross.--rhat the
american amh Enghsh race horse has greatly dctcrio
rated IN the last eighty years, fact that must he con-
ceded by all intelligent and candid sportsrnen; and
ihat that deterioration hiss been produced by the
praeNce OF breeding u, end IN, il is called Cat is
from the same stock,l Vt IS presumed will also be
admitted hft"r the mos, dgen, INJURY and careful
investigation, believe the most successful rasers in
Virginia ale persuaded tia, occasional sor, TO the
original stock OF oriental horses is AS necessary to
preserve an improved breed, as it was in the irst
instance to obtain IT. and far from the direct cross
not producing the finest animals both for srcns th
speed ana beauty, II ~ capable of proof and the his
tory OF III. English horse will d.mons,rate IL
that the best racers and brecdefs England eyer had
were the sons and daughters, and at fartlres, the
grsrd-sons and grand, daughters of the Arabian: and
that they have deprecated proportion rs they were
removed from these points. The II evidence I
would OTTER IN support of the assertion is tie esta-
S a WeEn's on 'ne English course at different
dates, from the time of the introduction tt. harley
Arabian, until the death of the Godolphn Arabian,
winch included period of about fifty years. They
were breeding extensively from oriental borses w.
Guiding Barbs and Turks During that entire period
their horses continued improve in speed and bo
tom while the weights were greatly increased, ar,d
norscs Then carried l6S pounds, ana with that they
ran TOUR miles, from seven minutes twenty seconds Il,
seven minutes fifty seconds; from that time saw from
lIoto ll7S to the days of Eclipse they discontinued
The breeding from the Arabian and their weights have
oeen gradually decreasing; On some tracks to llo
pounds and on none, believe are they higher than
loo pounds yet there is not in England or Ame-
RIGA racer that can tie distance in the sane time
IN which 1t was formerly done with their heavy weights
The next evidence is the horses themselves Darl,y
Arabian got Flying Chders, who is sad to have run
four miles IN SIX minutes and forty seconds. Flying
cniiuers got many hue racers: but that euuaed
himself 1ndolpmn Arabian got the dam of Ecipse
OUT Eclipse never got his equal, though he rot
many hne raccrs-viz: Regulvs, Volunteer &c Re.
gurus GOT many champions OF the turf but neither him
nor ms progeny produced another Rcsu!us Vertum
nus Eot Earonct, but Bsronet never got a horse nc
successful on the turf as himself sire Volunteer
sot spread Eagle, Sterling, &c; but Sterling and
Spread Eagle never got their own equal much less
the equal os Volunteer. Janus and Fearnoueht were
got by Godo'phn Arabian; during the days Of those
horses, Virginia was famed for fine saddle horses as
wen as distinguished racers now il is amos, proycr.
oia that the blood horse of Virginia rarely nrotces
tine saddle horse: nor have We believe simple turf
morse capable ot running four miles With 1853 pounds
the former weights in good tme.- Our bcs, racers
are made by young horses CARRYING light weights and
II IS fact. and one which is well worthy the consde
a.on OF ra'sers that with the present light weights
many OF our hrst horses break down in training, and
very lev remain longer than two years ON the turf
iheir BONE sinew, and muscle are not in pronor.;on
10 'heir size and weght-and their legs often give
way IN training exercise 1t is believed there is not
now In the United States 4 single h;rh-blooded borse
that has not descended from the same stock viz the
EodolPhin Arabian, and generally speaking both by
oah ana SIRE Can strong, active, healthy and yigor
Gus morse be reasonably expected by pron,gating
from such connexionsl Every farmer kpn,s ,h s
effect OF crossing IN and has on cattle sb.en D.
but we seem not 10 have anticipated the consequence
TO 'he most noble and useful OF animals by the viola,
ton OF the law of nature, which f,r,ds ;nces,non.
connexions; but it carries with it its own correcivc
IN the slow but certain destruction of the specrs such
beng the consequence of our system IL Womb sean,
sa"ge 'hat we Continue TO pursue it,-many ATTEMPTS
have been made To alter i,,-nany fine horses bavs
been imported from England but they have furnished
10 remedy ior ne eT'i-the English and American
race horse being OF the stock. The dficuhv
and enormous expense Of obtaining the true blooded
ARABIAN, has prevented the importation of many of
them INTO tins country 1t is affirmed by writer's and
travellers, that those OF the sacred blood ts tbev arc
there cacd,) valued from 500 TO 5000 nounds
hng-they are considered a consecra,ed breed do
signed for the of the Prophet and his descendants
and great prejudice exists to selling them AT all
Taplin in his Sporting Dictionary published in I8OS
vol l, page az, remarks-"that they are mostly CON
signed as presents to his Majesty or some of the
fany, and their pedigree of their blood recorded
win as much care and eDacity, as the genealopv oC
the most Ancient English Nobility" But it came,
be necessary TO eulogze this matchess breed of nor
ses to recommend them to the American sportsman:
ne must know, that " by crossing on this stock
That the sluggish and cold blooded horse of Engl,od
was converted into the beautiful and high-me,,led
eourser 1t only necessary to satisfy him that the
WINTER ARABIAN is of true stock-so napv
attempts have been made to impose on public creduli
y by pa'ming on them spurious horses for the ~
o'a', oa' the evidence OF the true stock should be
satisfactory and conclusive. The Winter Arabian was
captured during the late in 1914 the n one wear
DID, ~ the privateer Grampus of Baltimore nm bo.rd
me brig Doris, his Britannia Majestys Transport No
ooo on her passage from Senegal in Africa, to Ports
NOUN IN England: and was intended as present for
me ne, men Prince Regent now King of England (see
"neJ Ueetty RegtTs, rot nj, Pngc I60
winter Arabian was sold part of the cargo of the
captured brig, and was purchased by Elisha j. Winter
Esq then member Of Congress from the State of
rev YORK; after the purchase, he, through a highly
respectable mercantile house in New York. caused an
inquiry TO be made OF Colonel BrooufeM and Mr..
douglas, the superintendent of His Majesty, stud a,
hampton Court, by whom ne informed that a full.
S'ooded Arabian was shipped in the brig Doris, from
senegal Tor his Majesty, und there was no doubt of
his being OF the best Arabian s,ock-This correspon
uence, win Mr. Winters certificate, that he is the
same horse, with many other evidences are in nv
p9ssesion' and viii be exhibited TO any gentleman
VINO WISHES TO raise from him All those who have
seen hIm, admire his superiority 0G form beauty and
hmy hardness of limbs; his fine, silky, flowing mane