Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1830-05-07
WINTER ARABIAN.

EIHIS beautiful and true Arabian Stallion viii stand
u at my stable, in tie county of Brunswick, IS
miles South of Petersburg, 10 miles Northeast from
Brunswick Courthouse. I.awrcucevile ! and rs miles
Northwest from Bcllncld, and let 10 mares at S2s
the SEASON. to be discharged by the payment Of $50
any time IN the season, and dollar To the groom,
in each case. The season to commence the 18th ut
February, and terminate the 18th day of July. Good
pssturage for mares furnished gratis mares well fed
snd strictly attended To al ressonsbie price, but no
responsibility for escapes or accidents.
The subscriber congratulates the breeders of fine
horses, on the opportunity offered them OF inn
proving their stock. by valuable eross.-rhat the
American and - gish race horse has greatly detero-
rated m the last eighty is tac that must be con-
coded by all intelligent and candid sportsmen and
that that deterioration he's been produced by the
practice Of breeding aud ii is called, Chat is,
from the same stock,) it is presumed will also be
admitted After the dilgent inquiry and careful
investigation, believe the most successful raisers in
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 Obtain it, and tar from the direct
not producing the finest animals both for strength,
speed and be ", II capable of proof, and the his
tory of the Easlish race horse will demonstrate il,
that the best racers and breeders England had,
were the sons and daughters, and ut iarthcs,, the
grand and grand daughters of the Arabian; and
that they have deprecated in proportion they
removed from these points. The list evidence !
would offer in support OF the assertion is tie esta-
bished weights the English at different
dates, from the time Of the Introduction 'the harley
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 entirn reriod,
their horses continued to improve in speed ard bot
iom while the weights were greatly increased; aged
horses then carried los pounds, and with that they
four miles, from minutes enty seconds to
minutes fifty seconds; from that ms, say from
1870 to 17I5 10 the days of Eclipse they discontinued
the breeding from the Arabian, and their weights have
been gradually decreasing; ON some tracks to 10
pounds and none, l believe, they higher than
is pounds yet there is not in England or Nmc-
RIGA racer that the distance in the SANG lime
IN which il formerly done with their heavy weights
The next evidence is the horses themselves. barley
Arabian got Flying Chders who is said 20 have run
tomr miles in SIX minutes ana forty seconds FLYING
Chiders got many fine racers; bu. none that cqualled
himself Godolphn Arabian got he dam Cf Eclrse
but Eclipse never got his own equal though he got
many 7ne racers-viz: Regu'vs, Volunteer, &c. he
GUlUs got champions Of the turf, but neither him
nor his progeny produced another Begulus. Nertun.
nus got Baronet, but Baronct never rot horse as
successful on the turf himself or sire Volunteer
got Spread Eagle, Sterling, &c; but Sterling and
Spread Eagle never got their own equal, much les
the equal nf Volunteer. Janus and Fvarnought were
got by Gudophin Arabian; during the days of those
horses, Virginia famed for fine saddle horses as
well AS distinguished racers now, il is almost proven.
bal that the blood horse OF Virginia rarely produces
line saddle horse; nor have We believe, single turf
horse capable of running four miles With 1913 pounds
(the former weights in good tme.-Our best racers
made by Dung horses carrying light weights; and
* IS iac and one which IS well worthy the cOnside.
ration ct ralsers, that with The present light weights
many cf first horses break down in training, and
very few remain longer than two years ON the turf
Their bone, sinew, ard muscle not in proportion
TO their size and weight--and their legs often give
way in training exercise. It is believed there is not
now IN the United States = single hgh-blooded horse
that has descended from the same stock Wis the
GodoiPhn Arabian, and, generally speaking, both by
dam and sire. Can strong active, healthy and viCor
Gus horse be reasonably expected by propagating
from such near connexions? Every farmer knows the
ELECT OF crossing an and M has cattle, sheer Ssc
but TO have antic pated the CONSEQUENCE
to the most noble and useful of animals by the viola
ton of the law of nature, which fUrbds incestuous
connexions but it Carries with il its own corrective
in The slow but certain destruction Of the Species such
beint, the consequence OF orr system, IL would seem
strange that continue pursue -manv s,terr pfs
have been made to alter it, many fine hofses have
been imported from England but they have furnished
no remedy for the evIl-the English and American
race horse being OF the same stock. 1hs difficulty
and enormous expense of obtaining the true.ho CODED
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 as they are
there cailed valued from 500 5000 pounds scr
Z ing-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 1906
vol. J, page ~, remarks-"ihat they are mostly con
signed presents TO his Majesty some OF tue ROYAL
Family, and their pedigree Cf their blood is recorded
with much care and tenacity, the Eencalogy Of
Is
be necessary eulogze this matchess breed Of hor
ses, to recommend them to the American sportsman.
he must know, that it was by crossing ON this stock
that the sluggish and cnld-booded horse Of England
converted into the beautiful and hgh.mettled
X is only necessary satisfy him that the
WINTER ARABIAN is one of true stock-so many
attempts have been made TO impose public credui.
~ by paming on them spurious h"rscs for the Ara.
bian, that the evidence ~ the t-,c c.ock should b
satisfactory and conclusive. The Winter Arabian was
captured during the late IN 1914, then one year
old, by the privateer Grampus Of Baltimore on board
the brig Doris, his Britannia Maestys Transport No
ESQ., on her passage from Senegal in Africa to Ports
mouth in England: and was intended as present for
the then Prince Regent, King of England. Use
Mics Weckiy Register roL Oh. page lG)
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 highly
respectable mercantile house in New York caused an
inquiry TO be made Of Colonel Broomfield and Mr.
Douglas, the superintendent OF Ills Msiesty's stud a,
Hampton Court, by whom he was informed that full.
biooded Arabian was shipped IN the brig Doris from
Senegal for his Majesty, und there was no doubt Of
his being of the best Arabian cprrren,,,