Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1830-04-13
WINTER ARABIAN.

miles South of Petersburg | . miles Northeast from
Brunswick Courthouse. i iawrcrccvc.) aud g mics
Northwest from BelHcld, and let "a mares OF sos
,he staScn, 10 be discharged by the payment of SO
any time in the season, aud one dollar to the groom
~ each case. The season To commerce the 18Th at
February, and terminate the 18Th day of July Good
pastraEe Tor mares furnished gratis mares well fed
and strictly attended TO ~ reasonable pice, bu, no
responsibility for escapes accidents.
he subscriber congratulates the breeders of hnc
horses on the opportunity now offered them OF i'm
proving their stock, by valuable crcss.-lhat the
American and English race horse has greatly deterio
rated IN the last eighty years, is fact that must BIC
ccdyi by all intelligent and candid sportsmcr; aad
that, that deterioration hss been produced by the
practice of breeding la and ~, as II Is called Chat is
from the same s,nck) it IS presumed will also b.
admitted. After the most dilgCnt inquiry and careful
investigations believe the most successful r;,isers III
Virginia persuaded that occasional resort to the
original stock OF oriental horses is necessary TO
preserve improved breed, as It was in the first
instance to OBTAIN IT, and tar from the dire cross
not producing the finest animals both for strength
spe ed and beauty is capable of proof, and the his
tory of the English race horse will demonstrate H.
that the best aud breeders England ever had
were the sons and daughters, and ut far;hcst tile
grand sons and randdaughterS Of the Arabian: AMI
that they have deprecated ii proportion ;hey were
removed from these points. The first evidence |
would offer in support OF the assertionis Il es,a-
bishcd weights the English course at different
dates, from -! time of the introduction the Haley
Arabian, until the death Of the Gohoiphin ArsLian:
which included period cf about fifty years. They
were breeding extensively fion UreHtai horses in.
cludirg narbs and Turks During that entire period,
ttr horses continued TO improve in speed ard bot
Torn, while the vel htS Ere@tly increased; agci
horses then carried les pounds, and with that tvy
ran four miles, from minutes twenty seconds to
seven minutes fifty seconds; from that tmc say from
100 20 lIT5 TO the days Of Eclipse, they Discontinued
the breeding from Tie Arabian, a'.G tier weEiS have
been gradually decreasing; on some tracks 30 1iq
pounds; and on nnTC believe, they higher than
lfS pounds; vet there is ret rCw ia EnrIlr o. A-nc-
RIGA that the distance IN dc san dine
IN which = w.s formerly done With heir heavy weights
me neN' evidence IS, the horses themselves. Darby
Ar'aan st Ti!jnG Ch!AcrS. Who IS said to have r.n
. iJUr u'es :" 50 minutes and forty seconds FLYING
Ciii1eys %. many fine racers; bu: none th.t cuualsL
hi" 1t. C"dv "im Arabian got ille dam Of Tclpse
! hat Eclipse never got his own equal, dough he re-,
many fac rSce!s-yiz: R,Euius, Volunteer, Sc. Tie.
g"'as got many champions 81 the ujr but neither ham
noi las progeny produced oruihcr E,Es'us. Vcrum-
nos SCI Earoae', but h"t.aci never gat lnrsc
s"ca. 'su on i"e tat as himself og SIC Volunteer
got Spread Eagle, Sterling, So hTt Sterling and
Spread Eagle never got their own equal, much less
tie equal Of uun Ger. Janus and l'carrouc!,, we're
got ~ t;otophin Arabian: during The days Of ,osc
horses, Virginia famed for fine saddle horses, IS
we'll as distinguished racers nov, il IS almost prCver.
bal th1the blood horse ct Virginia rarely rrcduccs
fine saddle horse; nor have We, believe, single t-f
horse capable OF running four miles with l63 pounds
lhc Former weights in goUd time. Our best racers
made by young horses CARRYING light weiri;s. and
II IS fact, ant one which is we'll worthy the consid
ration n raisers, that with the present hgh, weights
many OF frs; horses break down in training ami
very lev remain longer than two years on the turf
lAer bone, sinew AID muscle are not in proportion
to their SIZE and wcght--aui their legs often give
way in training exercise II is believed there : not
now ia the United S'a:es single Eighhlrodrd horse
that has descended from The sane stock viz: The
Co!olphn Arabian, AMI, EcUSrs..y sreak!n- both by
dam anu sire. Can strong active health and yi;-ur-
GUS horse be reasonably expected by propagatInr
from such near connexions Every l.rns knows the.
effect OF crossing o.id az has on cattle sheen 8 =
but We not TO have anticipated the cDpscou.n,.
to the noble and usrlui at animals BIZ the v;o,
tiOn OF the ilw of nature, which fgbi,s i;,crsios
connexions but il carries with is own corrective
in the glow but certain destruction of the snccics such
h.1r Nh..~ .gE...
strange That we continue 10 pursue i,-rany attempts
have been made To alter 1t, many fine horses have
been imported from England, but they have furnished
I no remedy for the eNil-ihe English and American
race horse being Of the same stock The dinicui,y
and enormous expense uf obtaining the t-ue.bl,ndaI
Arabian, has prevented the importation OF many of
Them into THIS country. 1t is affirmed by writer's and
travellers that those cf the sacred blond las thew are
there ca'cd, valued from 500 10 5000 pounds, stcr
I ing-they are considered cUnsecrated breed de-
siE"eG tor the use OF the Prophet and his
and great prejudice exists to selling them al all
Tapin, IN his Sporting Dictionary published in 1908
vol. /, page ~, rcDsrks-"that they are mostly CON
signed as presents TO his Majesty or some of the Row.
Family and their pediSee Of their blood is recorded
with much care and tenacy, 81 the genealo,,y ~
the most Ancient English Nobility" hut, it canUo,
&c necessary TO Cuo5IZe this matches breed of brr
Sos, 10 recommend them TO the American snorte,,-r
ne must know, that II by crossing on this stoc:
that the sluggish and cold-hooded horse If ENGLAND
was converted into the beautiful and hirh-mettl.d
conrser 1t IS only necessary TO satisfy him that the
| WINTER ARABIAN is one OF true stock-so mar,
attempts have been made to impose on public credni
/ y by pa!mnB on them spurious horses for the Ara
ban, that tie evidence Of the true stock should be
satisfactory and conclusive. The Winter Arabian vas
captured during the late war in 1914, then one wear
o', ~ 'i,e T"teer crampus OF baltimore, on board
the brig Doris, his Britannia Majes,y's Transport No
o'v, on her passage from Senegal IN Africa TO Ports.
mouth IN England: and was intended as present for
NE then Prince Regent, now King of England (Ses
MIG IJ'ety iteg'ster, coL ia. Page 49,
Winter Arabian sold part Of the CARGO Of tho
captured brig, and was purchased by Elisha j. Winter
Esq then member Of Congress from the state nj
New york; alter the purchase, he, through highly
respectable mercantile house IN New York caused an
inquiry to be made Of Colonel BFoomfed and MIR
Douglas, the suPern,endants Of His Maiestys s,ud AZ
Hampton Court by whom he was informed that a full
Dooded Arabian was shipped in the brig Doris from
seneca, Tor his MJesty, umd there no doubt of
MS beng OF The best Arabian stUckThig corrpspon
dcnce, with Mr.. Winters certificate, that he is the
same morse, with many other evidences are in nv
posscs5rn, and will be exhibited 20 any gentlemen
VINO |isnes 10 raise from him. 81 those who have
den nn' admire lbs superiority Of form, beauty and
HHy hardness Of limbs, bis Gne, silky flowing maue.
ana 'ai' elastic and sTTghtly movements. ore .b,r