Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1830-03-12

| w .ardbian Stallion ,v,i, .,.st -, @ a a,"s, 10
county oil Brunswick 3s miles South Of Petersburg
10 miles North East from brunswick Cour,ho,,.o ,
rencevile,l and Is miles North West from Bsif;sid
ana let to Mares at S25 the Season. IN bs a;.ch,rvsj
.ne payment Of $40 any time in the Season. and one
uo"ar 70 the Sroom In each case. The Season N rom.
mence the 10Th February aud terminate m. ish 10
., July. Scoi pasurage for Mares furnished gratis.
Mares well fed aud strictly attended TO At
price but no responsibility Tor escapes or acc;d.n,.
Ihe Subscriber cougratulaes the Breeders of s,.
norses' on the opportunity now offered them of inn.
proving 'her stock by valuable cro.s.-That the a.
meriean and English Race Horse has greatly dst..o
rated IN the last eighty years In fact thar ,ust -
conceded oy all Intelligent and candid Sporsmen; and
mat that deterioration has been bv ths nrsr
ice OF breeding IN and in, is called Chat h. fron,
me same Stock) Is presumed will also be admitted -
Sa,,a e most geninquiry and careful
oehsve the most successful Raisers In Virginia ara
that an occasional resort to the original
ooek OF oriental Horses necessary TO preserve An
improved Breed, as il was in the first instance to OH
tain u; and 80 far from the direct cross not
me hnes animals both for s,repg tn ed and beautv
" Is eapao'e OF proof and the history Of the English
RACE Horse will demonstrate it, that the best Racers
and Breeders England ever had, were the sons ana
daughters, and at fartbes the sons ami ,rard
Of the Arabian and that they have depre-
c'a'ed In proportion as they removed from tbess
points. The first evidence would offer in suppor, Of
the assertion IL, the established weights on the Enssh
at different dates from the time of the intro.
Iueuen oil the barley Arabian until the death of tba
eeoIophm Arabian; which included period of about
my my years; They were breeding extensively from
oriental Horses including Barbs and Turks inn,,,-
that entire perio!, their Horses continued to imnrnv
IN speed and bottom, while the weights were rrest,v
neteased aged horses then carried I6S pounds and
WIN mat 'hey ran four miles, from seven minutes
twenty seconds, 10 minutes ff,y seconds f,n,,
hat time, say from ITO ITS TO the ,lavs of Ecn..
ney oscon'inued tho breeding from the Arabian snd
heir weights have been gradually dccreasinp on coma
tracks TO l19 pounds aud none BELIEVE are the
higher Than 1873 pounds; yet there is not now in En.
land or America Racer th,t can run the Jisance 4,
heavy weights N'"e WIZ" 'hor
me next evidence is. the Horses themselves. Oar.
icy arabian got Flying Cbiders, who is said TO h.vs
run Tour miles in six minutes and forty second, Vie.
ing Chders got many fine Racers; but none thai sous
ea himself Godophn Arabian got the dam of EeIps..
ou' Eclipse never got his equal though he ,os
many hne Racers-viz: Regulus, Volunteer o.. o.
heguius got many Champions of the turf hut ne;,h.r
",in nor ms progeny produced another Reguus Yer.
"hus got Daronet, but Baronet never got Horse ..
successful on the turf as himself or Sire Volunteer
got Spread Eagle. Sterling, &c.; but Sterlny and
n e a E'ge never got their own equal, much less
me equal OF volunteer. Janus and Fearnoup hi w.r.
got ny Goioipiin Araban during the DAYS o( ,bo.e
s'rg'n'a wa. famed for fine Saddle Horses, a,
wen as distinguished Racers; now il H, aImo., nron
oia that the Blood Horse of Virginia rarsIv nrnS,s
. me Saddle Horse nor have we, believe a sinels
u,, iior,e capable oil running four miles with les
pounds Che former weight.) in good time-Onr bs.t
races are made by young Horses CARVING Gsh,
weights; and th fact, aud which is well worth,
Of kasers that with the present light
weights many oil our first Horses break down In
ihg ana very lew remain longer than two wear, ON tho
uI lheir oone' sinew, and muscle, are not in pro-
portion TO their size and weight-and their Ices o,n
give way IN training exercise. 1t is believed ther. 4.
not now IN the United ass, a single hieb. boo,,.J
horse; that has not descended from the same STOCK
VIZ the Godoiphn Arabian, and, rally snrakin.
ooth by dam and Sire. Can strong active he ill.,
ana vigorous Horse be reasonably expe cted by orsn
saung rom sueh near come xionsi Every Farmer
Knows the effect OF crossing i'm and in has on Cata
oheeP' &c; but we not TO have antieinatoJ th'
consequence 10 the most noble and useful of amin al.
by Tie violation Of the law of nature which forh;I,
'hees'uous connexions but il carries with IL its own
corrective, in The slow but certain destrucon NJ III
.pecies; such being the consequence of our sys,ar
wo"'u seem strange that we continue to pursue ID
many attempts have been made to alter it-manv
me Horses have been imported from England b.,
hey nave furnished no remedy for the eviI-he En-.
gum and American Race Horse being of the s,me
stock The difficulty and en- OF nous expen,e IF oh
tanning the true blooded Arabian has preventsJ RI.
importation oil many Of them into this Country. is
arned ny writers and travellers that those of tba
sacred blood, Gas they are there caled) are valued
rom 900 to $4,000 serling-they are considered con
secrsted Breed designed for the of the Prophet ana
ms &c ana great prejudice exists to selling
mem at all Taplin, in his Sporting Dictionary pub
shen IN ioo3' VOL l, page At, ren,arks-"that thew
are mostly consigned presents TO his Majesty ar .o
oil the Royal Family and their pedigree Of Their hood
Is recorded with as much and tenacy as the re.
neaIogy OF the most Ancient English Nobility" But
u cannot be necessary TO euogZe this matche. a. br.sJ
oil horses, TO recommend them to the American SNORT.
mai; he must know that i, wa. by crossing on mi.
mat The sluggish and cold blooded Horse OF Eng.
snd, was converted into the beautiful end higb.met.
tied Courier IL is only necessary TO satisfy him ,b,t
the Uinfer Arabian is of true StocE-so ,n,nv
attempts have teen made impose on Pubic cr.d,,Ii.
ty by palning them spurious Horses for bs r,hi,n
NAT The evidence OF the true Stock should he s.t,.
factory and conclusive. The TVinier arabian wa.
captured curing the late war in 1914 then one wear
OLD, by The Prvdteer Grampus OF Baltimore ON hoard
the brig Doris, his Branc Maesty's TRANSPORT No.
ooo on her passage from Senegal in Ahica TO Porte.
mouth in England: and Intended as a present for
u men Prince Regent, row King of England. (S,o
NHes Ipeeky Register, Poi VII. page I6)
WtntT drdbfdn was sold as a part of the cargo of
the captured IL, aud was purchased by Elisha win.
ter, E;qr then member OF Congress from the State
ot New York; al er the purchase, he through high.
iy respectable Mercantile House in New York caused
an inquiry TO be made OF Colonel Bloomfield and Mr.
Douglas the Superintendent of His Msjestys Stud AZ
Hampton Court by whom he was informed that n
ui-booied abb was shipped ia the Big Doris from
senegal Tor his Majesy, and there was no dou bt Of
MS oeng OF the best Arabian Slock.-This core spon.
dence, with Mr. Winters certificate, that he is the
same Horse, with many other evidences, are in nv
possession and will be exhibited any gentleman who
wishes 10 raise from him All those ~ no have seen
him. admire his superiority Of 70 m, beauy and Hnty
hardness oil limbs; his fine, silky, flowing name md
Ia J.; elastic and sprghly movements; great share of
bone and MUSCLE indeed the only objection TO him. or
which can be taken TO him, is bs size--being about
tour eet nine or ten inches high: this if be an
Objection, applies 10 the whole and had ENGLAND
permitted this prejudice TO Influence her, she could not
have lad her Chiers, her Eclipse, her Re guIus or
her King Fergus, her Doomed, or Bsron.t,-nor could
America have had her Archy h-r Ariel, her Henryer
Long Island her Eclipse these all desc endsnts Of
the Arabian Stock, ard neither T. gland or Americs,
yet produced Race Horse that did partsks
largely oil the blood His size evidence of bis Stock