Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1830-04-22
WINTER ARABIAN.

Brunswick Courthouse. (I.awrepceville Innd is miles
Northwest from BellGcld and let TO mares a, e25
the season. to be discharged by the payment of $50
any Tune IN the season, and dollar the groom,
in each case. The season to commence the 18Th of
February and terminate the 18th day of Juy. Good
rss'uraee Tor mares furnished GRATIS mares well fed
ann sUctly attended To ~ reasonable price, but no
responsibility for escapes or accidents.
The subscriber congratulates the breeders of fine
horses, on the oppoTtunity offered them of inn
proving their stock, by valuable cross-rhat the
American and English race horse has greatly deterio-
rated IN the last eighty years. fact that must be con.
ceded by all Intelligent and candid spor,smep and
'hat' that deterioration has been produced by the
practice OF breeding IN and IL, Is called ttat s
from the same stock,) it is Presumed will also be
admitted. After the nlosl diiigen, inquiry AMI careful
lnrestSation 6elicse the most successful raisers in
Virginia Me persuaded that occssonsl resort to the
FiSna stock of oriental horses is as necessary TO
preserve an improved breed, it was in the first
instance To obtain IL and far from the direct cross
not producing the finest animals both for s,rens
speed and beauty, ii is capable of proof and the his
tory OF the English race horse will demonstrate H.
that the best racers and breeders England ever had
were the sons and daughters, and at Erthest, the
Grandsons and grand daughters Of the Arabian: and
that they have deprecated in proportion as they were
removed from these points. The first evidence
would offer in support CT the assertion is the esa-
blished weights on the English course at different
dates, from the time oi the Introduction file bailey
Arabian, until the death of the Godolphn Arabian;
which included period of about fifty years. They
we're breeding extensively from oriental horses in.
Guiding Barbs and Turks. During that entire period,
tnelT horses continued TO improve sDeel and bot
tom, while the weights were greatly increased; aged
horses then carried los pounds, and with that they
ran four miles, from seven minutes twenty seconds to
seven minutes fifty scennds from that time say from
i13O 17T5 TO the days of Eclipse, they discontinued
the breeding from the Arabian, and their weights have
been gradually decreasing; on some tracks to 1I9
pounds and on none, believe, Te they higher than
1S5 pounds; yet there is now in eng land or Anne
that run the distance in t.c san time
in which it was formerly done with their heavy VIC lights
me next evidence u.s. the horses themselves barley
Arabian got Flying Chlders, vino is said TO have r
tour males IN six minutes and Forty seconds Flying
t'hlers get MARI line racers; but none shat eCualleJ
himself GJdolphin Arabian GO; the dam of Eriiosc
oCt tchpse never got his own equal though he got
many me r4cers-vz: ReGulus, Volunteer 81. re.
Guus got many champions of the Turf hut neither him
nor his progeny produced another Regrlus Ner,un,
nus got Baronet, but Baronet never got 4 horse as
successful on the turf himself or sire Volunteer
got Spread Eagle, Sterling, &c; but Sterling and !
Spread Eagle never get their own equal much less
the equal OF Volunteer Janus and FearnomEht were
got b. Godolphn Arabian; during the days OF those
horses, Virginia famed for fine saddle horses, as
well as distinguished racers now il is almost proven.
bial that the blood horse of Virginia rarely produces
fine saddle horse: nor have We believe single turf
horse capable of running four miles With 1873 pounds
(the former weights in good time. Our best racers
are made by oung horses carrying light weights; and
1t Is fact and one which is well worthy the conside.
ration Of raisers that with the present light weights
many OF first horses break down in training and
very teT remain longer than two years on the turf
Their bone, sinew, and muscle not in proportion
=
way IN training exercise. IL is believed there is not
row in the United States single high-booded horse
that has not descended from the stock viz the
GudoiPmn Arabian, and, generally speaking both ,,v
dam snd sire. Can a strong, active, hcaliv III ,;os
GUS horse be reasonably expected by pron,patipo
from such near conneXionsl Every farmer kno1e the
effect of crossing IN and ia has on cattle sheer ~
but seem not to have anticipated the consesnenos
to the most noble and us. o. animals BY the viola
ton o! The law Of nature which fC:hds inces;uous
connexions; hut 1t carries with il its corrective,
IN the slow but certain destruction Of the Species such
oeInS the consequence ct cur system it would seem
strange that we continue 10 pursue itnanv attennts
have been made to alter t,-many fine horses have
been imported from England, but they have furnished
no remedy for the eYi!--the English and American
race horse being of the same stock The difficulty
and enormous expense Of obtaining the true boodcd
Arabian, has prevented the importation Of MANY of
Them into THIS country, II is affirmed BY writer's and
travellers, that those Of the sacred blood as hsv are
there caea,l arc valued from 500 5000 pounds ster
lng-they considered a consecrated breed de-
s5ncd for the use of the Prophet and s
and great prejudice exists TO selling them AT all
Taplin, in his Sporting Dictionary published in 1905
vol. J. page IL, remaTks-'ihat they are mostly con
signed as presents to his Majesty some of the Royal
with as much and teDacty, as the genealogy of
the most Ancient English Nobility" But, it caLno,
be necessary 10 euogze this machless breed of hor.
ses, to recommend them to the American sportsman.
he must know, that it by crossing on this stock
that the sluggish and cOld-booded horse Of England
was converted into the beautiful and hiEh.met.led
conF5cr. IL is only necessary TO satisfy him that the
WINTER ARABIAN is of true stock-so many
attempts have been made to impose on public credu-
~ by paiming 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 scar
Old, by the priyateer 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 present for
the then Prince Regent, King of England. (S,s
Nte5 Weeay RegiSteT, UoL rii page lG)
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 an
inquiry to be made Of Colonel Bloomfield and Sir.
Douglas the superntendants Of His Maiesty's stud III
Hampton Court, by whom he was informed, that full.
blooded Arabian shipped in the brig Doris, from
Senegal, for his Majesty, und there no doubt of
has being of the best Arabian stock-This corrcspon-
dence, with Mr.. Winters certificate, that he is the
same horse, with many other evidences. are in my
possession, and will be exhibited 60 any gentleman
who wishes to raise from him. AL those who have
seen him, admire his ST. ncrorty Of form, beauty and
hnty hardness Of limbs his fine silky flowing nane