Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1830-04-26
WINTER ARABIAN.

THIS beautiful and true Arabian Stallion will stand
ut my stable, in the county of Brunswick, IS
miles south OF Petersburg, Is miles Northeast from,
Brunswick Courthouse. Lawrencevillc aud ia miles
Northwest from BellGrd, and let to mares a, ee5
the season, to be discharged by the payment of go
any ine IN the season. and ono dollar to the groom.
IN cach case The season To commence the 18th of
February, and Terminate the 18th day OF July Good
pssiuragc for mares furnished grats mares well fed
and strictly attended at reasonable price blu, no
responsibility for escapes accidents.
The subscriber eongratulatcs the breeders OF fine
horses, on the opportunity now offered them of i'm
proving their stock, by valuable cross-That the
American and English horse has greatly detcrio-
rated IN the last eighty years, is fact that must be
ceded by all intelligent and candid sportsmcn; and
'hat That deterioration has been prndncsd by the
practice oil breeding VA and il is called (thst is
from the same stock) it Is presumed viii also be
admitted. A0erthe most dilgcnt inquiry and careful
investigation, believe the most successful r,iscrs in
Virginia are persuaded that resor, , the
original stock Of oriental horses is 80 necessary TO
preserve improved breed, as it was i'm the first
instance TO obtain it, and SO far from the rec, cross
not producing the finest animals both for strcnp III
speed and beauty, it is capable OF proof and the his
tory of the Ensn5i race s0rse will demonstrate it,
that the best racers and breeders England ever had
were the sons and daughters, snd at far,lesi, the
grand-sons and grand. daughters of the Araban and
that they have deprecated in proportion they ere
removed from these points. The first evidence
would offer in support of the assertion is the esta-
bished weights on the English course at different
dates. from the time of the introduction tie harley
Arabian, until the death OF the Godo!phin Arabian;
which included period of about tiity wears. TlSy
were breeding extensively from oriental horses,
Guiding Barbs and Turks. During that entire period
their horses continued improve in sreed and hot
,nm while the weights were grestly increased; aged
horses then carried l69 pounds and with that they
ran four miles, from minutes twenty seconds to
seven minutes fifty seconds: from that time say from
l7O to l775 TO the days ut Eclipse they discontinued
the breeding from the Arabian, and their weights have
been gradually decreasing; on some tracks to / 10
pounds; and none, believe, sre they higher than
IoS pounds yet there is not in England or Anne
rica racer that Can the distance in The sane time
in which It was formerly done with their heavy weights
The next evidence is the horses themselves barley
Arabian got Flying Chders, who is said to have run
four miles in six minutes and forty seconds. Tyinr
Ch'ders sot many fine racers; but that cGualed
himself. Godolphin Arabian got the dam of Eclipse
but Eclipse never got his own eGua, though he got
many fine rscers-viz Rcgulns, Vc,,iuteer &c Re.
gu'is got many champions of The turf but neither him
nor his progeny produced another Regulus Yertun.
nos got BarOnel, but Baronet never got horse as
successful the turf himself or sire 'yoiuutcer
got Spread Eagle, Sterling, &c but Sterling and
Spread Eagle never got their own equal much i ss
the cqua! Ut Volunteer. Janus and Fearnought werc
got by lodophin Ara6iani during the days of those
horses virgins was famed for fine saddle horses as
well as distinguished racers; now, it is almost rroycr
hla that the blood horse OF Virginia rarely produces
i'ne saddle horse: nor have we, believe, sing lie turf
horse capable ot running four miles With los pounds
cae former weights) in good time. Our best racers
ere made by young horses carrying light weights; and
1t is fact, and one which is we'll worthy the conside
ration OF rasers, that with the present light weights
many OF our first horses break down in training and
very fey remain longer than two years on the turf
iheir bone, snew, and muscle not in proportion
TO their size and weightand their legs often give
way in training exercise. 1t is believed there is not
now 10 The United States single high-bIooled horse
that has not descended from the same stock viz: the
Godolphin Arabian, and, generally sneakinr both nv
dam and SIRE Can strong, active, healthy and vipor
Gus horse be reasonably expected by nropapaIinr
IRON such near connexions! Every farmer knows the
effect or crossing in and Ia has cattle, sheen &C.
but we seem not TO have anticipated the consequence
to the noble and useful of animals by the viola
ton of the law OF nature, which furbids inces,uous
connexions but il carries with il its own rct;,
IN the slow but certain destruction Of The Species such
being the consequence OF system, it would seem
strange that we continue to pursue -many a,tennts
nave been made t" alter it,-rnany fine horses have
been imported from England, but they have furnished
no remedy for the ev--the English and American
race horse being of the stock. The difficulty
and enormous expense OF obtaining the true blooded
Arabian, has prevented the importation of MANY of
them into this country II is affirmed by writ ers and
travellers that those of the sacred blood las thew are
there caied are valued from 500 10 1000 pounds ster
ins-they are considered a coHsecTaled breed, de
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 1905,
VOL J, page ~, reInarks-"that they are mostly CON
signed presents TO his Majesty OF some Of the Royal
Family, and their pedigree of their blood is recorded
with as much care and tenscty, as the genealocy of
the most Ancient English Mobility" But It cahnot
be necessary TO euogze this machless breed of hor
ses' TO recommend Them to the American sportsman
he must know, that it was by crossing ON this stock
I1at the SLUGGISH ana cOid-booded horse Of England
was converted into the beautiful and high.mettIed
courser 1t is only necessary TO satisfy him that the
WINTER ARABIAN is OF true stock--so many
attempts have been made to impose public credu-
y by paming on them spurious horses for the Ara.
bian, that the evidence of the true stock should be
satisfactory and conclusive, The Winter Arabian was
captured during the late in 1914 the ono year
old, by the pryaeer Grampus Of Baltimore, on board
the brig Doris, his Britannia Maiesty's Transport No.
$50, her passage from Senegal in Africa to Ports
mouth in England: and was intended as a present for
the then Prince Regent, now King Of England. (Se
Niles peekty Register, UoL Uii page I6)
Winter Arabian sold part of the cargo Of the
captured brig, and was purchased by Elisha j. Winter
Esq. then a 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 Broomfed and Mr.
Douglas the superintendent of His Najestys stud at
Hampton Court, by whom he informed, that full.
booded Arabian was shipped in the brig Doris, from
Senegal, for his Majesty, und there was no doubt Of
his being of the best Arabian stock.This cofrespon.
dence, with Mr.. Winters certificate. that he is the
same horse, with many other evidences. arc in my
possession and will be exhibited 10 any gentleman