Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1830-03-12

Brunswick Courthouse. and 70 miles
Northwest from Bellneld. and Let to mares at $ss
the season. to be discharged by the payment of S2u
any time in the season. and dollar TO the groom
in each case. The season to commence the 18th Of
February, and terminate the 18th Day OF July. Good
pssturage for mares furnished gratis; mares well fed
and strictly attended TO at reasonable price, but
responsibility for escapes or accidents.
The subscriber congratuiates 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 deterio-
rated :. the last eighty years. is fac, that must be con-
that, that deterioration has been produced by the
practice OF breeding and Is called, (tat is
admitted. After The mos, diirens inquiry and careful
investigation, believe the most ssfu rayers in
Virginia persuaded that occasional resort to the
original stock Of oriental horses is necessary to
preserve improved breed, rs it in the first
instance to obtain IT, and far from the direct cross
not producing the finest animals both for strcng ill.,
speed and beauty. II is capable of proof and the his
tory Of the English horse viii demonstrate it,
that the best and breeders England had
were the and daughters, and at farthest, the
that they have deprecated in proportion they
removed from these points. The first evidence I
would offer in support ct the assertion is, the esta-
blished weights on the English course at different
dates from the time of the introduction itlv barley
Arabian, until the death of the Godolphn Arabian;
which includeda 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 168 pounds, and with that they
four miles, from minutes twenty seconds
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 / 10
pounds; and none, believe, they higher than
15S pounds; yet there is not in England Anne
RIGA that run the distance in the same 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
four miles IN SIX minutes and forty seconds Flying
Chiders got many fine but that cqualled
himself. Godolphn Arabian got the dam of Eclipse,
but Ecirse never got his own equal, though he got
many fine racers-viz: Regulus, Volunteer, &C. lie.
gulus got many champions of the turf but neither him
nor his progeny produced another Regulus. Vertum
nus got Baronet, but Baronet never got horse as
successful on the turf as himself sire Volunteer
got Spread Eagle Sterling, &C.; but Sterling and
Spread Eagle never got their equal, much less
the equal of Volunteer. Janus and Fearnought were
got by Godolphn Araban during the days of those
horses, Virginia famed for fine saddle horses as
well as distinguished racers now, it is almost proven
bia that the blood horse of Virginia rarely produces
fine saddle horse: nor have believe, single turf
horse capable OF runnnlef miles it'll 16S pounds
che former weights) in good time. Our best racers
are made by young horses carrying light weights; and
1t IS fact and one 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 on the turf
Their bone, sinew, and muscle in proportion
to their size and weight-and their legs often give
way in training exercise. 1t is believed there is not
in the United States single high-blooded horse
that has 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 propagating
from such near connexions! Every farmer knows the
effect OF crossing and IN has cattle, sheep &c.
but we seem not to have anticipated the
to the noble and useful of animals by the viola
ton pf the law of nature, which forbs incestuous
come xions but it carries with il its own corrective
in the slow but certain destruction of the Species such
being the consequence Of system, it would seem
strange that we continue to pursue t-many attempts
have been made to alter it,-many 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 same stock. The difficulty
ana enormous expense OF obtaining the true-booded
Arabian, has prevented the importation of many of
them into this country 1t is affirmed by writer's and
travellers, that those of the sacred blood las they are
there caed,) valued from 500 to 5000 pounds ser
ling-they are considered a 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 AZ, remarks-"that they are mostly con,
signed presents to his Majesty some of the ROYAL
Family and their pedigee of their blood is recorded
with as much care and tenaeity as the genealogy of
the most Ancient English Nobility" but, it cannot
be necessary to euiogze this matchless 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-mettled
courser. II is only necessary to satisfy him that the
WINTER ARABIAN is one of true stock-so many
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 war in 1884, the one wear
old, by the privateer Grampus of Baltimore, on board
the brig Doris, his Britannia Majesty's Transport No.
ESQ., on her passage from Senegal in Africa to Ports
mouth in England and was intended present for
The then Prince Regent, now King Of England. (See
Niles Weekly Register, roll vii page I6)
Winter Arabian was sold part of the cargo Of the
captured brig, and was purchased by Elisha j. Winter
Esq. then 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 Droomfied and Mr.
Douglas, the superin,endants of Ills Maesys stud at
Hampton Court, by whom he informed that full.
blooded Arabian shipped in the brig Doris from
his being Of the best Arabian stock-This corrcsnon
dence, with Mr.. Winters certificate, that he is the
same horse, with many other evidences. are in my
possession, and VIII be exhibited to any gentleman
seen him, admire his superiority Of FORM beauty and