Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1830-03-19
WINTER ARABIAN.

miles South of Petersburg Is miles Northeast from
Brunswick Courthouse. (Lawrepcevillc) and 10 miles
Northwest from BellGed. and let to mares ut S25
the season, to be discharged by the payment of S2u
any time IN the aud dollar to the groom.
IN each case. The tn commence the 18th oi
February, and terminate the 18th day Of July. Good
pasturage FOR mares furnished grats well fed
and strictly attended to at reasonable price, but
responsibility for escapes accidents.
The subscriber conyratulates 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 detero.
rated in the last eighty years. is fact that must be
ceded by all intelligent and candid sportsmen; and
that, that deterioration has been produced by the
practice OF breeding and it il called Chat is,
from the stock,) it is presumed will also be
admitted. After the most diGgent inquiry and careful
investigation, believe the most successful raisers in
Virginia persuaded that occasional to the
original stock of oriental horses is AS necessary TO
preserve an improved breed, it in the first
instance to obtain it; and far from the direct cross
not producing the finest animals both for strength,
speed and beauty, it is capable % proof, and the his
tory of the English horse will demonstrate it,
that the best racers and breeders England had,
were the and daughters, and at farthest, the
grandsons and grand daughters of the Arabian: and
that they have deprecated in proportion they
| removed from these points. The first evidence I
would offer in support OF the assertion is, the
dates, from the time OF the introduction 1.-THE barley
Arabian, until the death of the Godolphin Arabian;
which included period of about fifty years. They
were breeding extensively from oriental horses, in
Guiding Barbs and Turks. During that entire period,
their horses continued to improve in speed and bot
tom, while the weights greatly increased; aged
horses then carried 1853 pounds, and with that they
four miles, from seven minutes twenty seconds,
seven minutes fifty seconds from that time, say from
l770 to 1775 TO the days Of Eclipse, they discontinued
the breeding from the Arabian, and their weights have
been gradually decreasing; some tracks to 1l9
pounds; and none, believe, they higher than
13S pounds; yet there is not in England Anne
RIGA that can run the distance in the time
in which 1t was formerly done with their heavy weights.
The next evidence is, the horses themselves barley
Arabian got Flying Childers, who is said have run
four miles in six minutes and forty seconds. Flying
Chders got many fine racers; but that equalled
himself. Godophin Arabian got the dam of Eclipse,
but Eclipse never got his own equal, though he got
many fine racers-viz: Regulus, Volunteer, &c. Re-
guus got many champions of the turf but neither him
nor his progeny produced another Reguus. Yertum-
nus got Baronet, but Baronet never got horse as
successful on the turf himself sire. Volunteer
got Spread Eagle, Sterling, Sc. but Sterling and
Spread Eagle never got their equal much less
the equal of Volunteer. Janus and Fearnought were
got by Godophin Arabian; during the days of those
horses Virginia famed for fine saddle horses, as
well as distinguished racers; it is almost proven
bal that the blood horse of Virginia rarely produces
fine saddle horse nor have belle re, a single turf
horse capable OF running four miles with 1913 pounds
(the former weights) in good time Our best racers
made by young horses carrying light weights and
il is fact, and which is we'll worthy the conside-
ration of raisers, that with the present light weights
many of first horses break down in training, and
very few remain longer than two years the turf.
Their bone, sinew, and muscle not in proportion
to their size and weght--and their legs often give
way in training exercise. II is believed there is not
now in the United States single high-booded horse
that has not descended from the stock, viz: the
GOdolphn Arabian and, generally speaking, both by
dam and sire. Can strong, active, healthy and vigor-
Gus horse be reasonably expected by propagatng
from such near connexions? Every farmer knows the
effect OF crossing and has cattle sheep &c
but seem not to have anticipated the consequence
10 the noble and useful OF animals, by the viola
ton of the law of nature, which forbids inoesuous
connexions; but it carries with it its own corrective
4 N he of Tho
being the consequence of SYSTEM it would seem
strange that continue to pursue it,-many attempts
have been made to alter it, -many fine horses have
been imported from England but they have furnishe d
remedy for the evil-the English and American
race horse being of the stock. The difficulty
and enormous expense of obtaining the true looded
Arabian, has prevented the importation Of many of
them into this country 1t is affirmed by writers and
travellers that those of the sacred blood they are
there caled valued from 500 to 5000 pounds
hng-they are considered consecrated 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 1908,
VOL l, page ~, remarks-"that they are mostly con-
signed presents to his Majesty of the Royal
Family, and their pedigee of their blood is recorded
with as much care and tenacity, the genealogy of
the most Ancient English Nobility" Eut, it cannot
be necessary euogize this matchess breed of hor-
ses, to recommend them to the American sportsman;
he must know, that it by crossing this stock,
that the sluggish and cod-blooded horse Of England
was converted into the beautiful and high-metted
It is only necessary to satisfy him that the
WINTER ARABIAN is one of true stock-so many
attempts have been made to impose on public creduli-
ty by palming 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 year
old, by the prvateer Grampus of Baltimore, board
the brig Doris, his Britannia Majesys Transport No.
ESQ., her passage from Senegal in Africa TO Ports
mouth in England: and was intended a present for
the then Prince Regent now King of England. (Sec
Ntes Weekly Register, vol Uii. page I6
Winter Arabian sold as 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 MIR.
Douglas, the superintendent of Ills Majestys stud
Hampton Court, by whom ne informed, that full
blooded Arabian shipped in the brig Doris from
Senegal, for his Majesty, und there was doubt Of
his being of the best Arabian stock-This cOrrespon-
dence, with Mr.. Winters certificate. that he is the
same horse, with many other evidences. in my
possession, and will be exhibited to any gentleman
who wishes to raise from him. AL those who have
seen him. admire his superiority Of form, beauty and