Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1830-05-10
WINTER ARABIAN.

VNHIS beautiful and true Arabian Stallion will stand
| - at my stable, in the county of brunswick, -
miles South of Petersburg, Is miles Northeast from
Brunswick Courthouse. (LawTcpceville, aud I6 mites
7 Northwest from Bcfeld. and let TO mares al Se5
the season, to be discharged by the payment of $50
any time IN the season and opc dollar 90 the groom,
IN each case. The season 20 commence the 18th OF
February. and terminate the IS;h day of July. Good
pssturage for mares furnished gratis; well fed
and strictly attended to reasonable price, but no
responsibilities for escapes accidents.
II the subscriber conEratulat the breeders Of fine
horses on the opportunity now offered thes of i'm
proving their stock, by valuable crosS.-That the
American and English race horse has greatly dsterio-
rated in the last eighty years fact that must be
eeded by sl Intelligent end candid sPcrtsroeu; and
that that deterioration has been produced by the
practice of breeding Sglf II IS called, CHAT
froTN the s,Ock,) il IS presumed win also be
admitted. After the ditscn, inquiry and careful
investigation, believe the most IL
Virginia persuaded that occasional resort to tbs
crrgius stock OF oriental hOVEea ~ ss necessary
preserve sn ispruved bCccd, il IN tho hrxt
instance 70 obtain IL and far from the direct
not producing the EneS, animals both for sresGth,
speed and beauty, - ozpahs Of proof and the his
tory Of the BuEhsh race horse viu dcGonS,rsts il,
that the best racers ard breeders England had,
were the sons Snd daughters, and 81 farthest, the
gvand-sons and grsnd-Gsughters OF the ATasNn; 1nt
that they have deprecated In proportion they
NOV "a from these points. The ti-st evidence !
would off-r 'n support OF the ssserto1jS, the esia
bEshed vaiEh;s thu English course At different
dates, from the time Of the introduction ft, harley
Eyabisn, until the death Of thc GO6o.php ArsUiau:
Ghich included period Of shout fifty years. They
were hreeSng extensively from oriental horses. IN
GLIDING Bzr5s snd Turks During that entire period
their horges continued 10 improve speed aud bot
tom, while the weights greatly increasedi sCed
horses then carried l5S pounds, and with that they
ran four alcu, from seven minutes twenty seconds
seven minutes nifty SECONDS; from t.At tDe from
lT1O 90 lT7S 20 the days 81 Eclipse they discontinued
the breeding from the Arabian, anti TIER weights have
I been gradual, decreRs.nEi some trucks to 10
pJurds; aud none believe, they hisher than
is TouDcsi ye there rs not now in England or A1'e
rea racer mat can run the distance IN the time
an which Il was formerly done with tacir heEvy weights
The next evidence rs, the horses themselves. barley
Arabian cot Flying ChdSrs, who IS Ssd 20 have run
four miles IN sax minutes and forty seconds. Flying
Cuides got many fine racers, but that euuciled
biU5eN. GoGoPh!n Arabian got the dam Of Eclipse
y but Eclipse never cot his e1iai though he cot
; many l1e Tacers-vz: ReEulss, Volunteer &c Re-
Cuus got many champions OF The tur bIt neither him
. nor hh progeny produced another RegulUs. Nsr,um-
nus got BaroRet, but Baro0et never got hcrsr As
successful on the tuT! rs himself sire Volunteer
got SPTeat EsSs, Sterling, &C; but Sterling and
Spread Esgle Oev'- got their equal, much less
the equal OF Volunteer. JaHU8 and Fearnouctt were
Cot ~ GodolPhIn Ara6An; during the days Of those
horses, EisEinia famed for fine saddle horses as
"ci Is distinguished racers; now Il IS almost proven
bIL that the blood horse OF Virginia rarely produces
fine saddle horse have vc, believe, single tort
horse capsule Of running four niles With 16S pounds
the former weights IN good time. OR best racers
are made by young horses carrying light weights and
u IS fact and one which IS wsH worthy the sousds.
ration OF rals-rs, that with the present tight weights
aTy u our i'st hors=s bpesk down IN training, =ud
very IeS remain longer than years on The turf
Their bone, sin-g and muscle are not in proportion
to their sEe and wesht--and their legs often give
Tay m training exercise. Il ia believed there is not
now IN the United States single hiSh.b!oodrd hers,
that has not descended from the same stock viz: the
Godo'Thn Arabian, and, generally speaking, both by
dam and sire. Can strong, active, healthy and vIOr-
o Gus horse be reasonably expected by proparaiinr
i from such near connexions, Every fIrmer knows tn
effect OF crossing Gsi has on cattle shrsp Re-
but We seem not to have anticipated the consequence
> TO tie noble and useful OF Arinals By the VOL,
: ton Of the law OF nature vbieh fnrbids incestuoas
conaeSi0Is but II csFSiss 9th IT its earrsetire
~ ie Cos but CERTAIN destruction Of the Species SIC
bein the consequences Of systsm, It could seem
arrange tst continue pursue it-rnsny sttcr,pfz
10 have been made to atcz L-ruauy fine horses bav,
been imported from England bat they have Furnished
10 no remedy for the eyl--the English and American
race horse being Of the sane stock Tho difficulty
and enormous expense Of obtaining the blooded
Arabian, has prevented the importation Of many Of
them into tH's country Il IS affirmed by critters and
travellers that those OF the sacred blood as they are
there cacd) valued from sou 20 5000 Do,,nds str
q hns--they sre considered consecraled breed de.
It signed for the % the Prophet and his descendants
j aud 4 great prejudice exists to selling them at all
IAPIn m his Sporting Dictionary published in 1905
= vol J. page -, renar ss-"tlat they mostly con-
signed presents TO his Ajcsiy or some OF the ROYAL
+ Family and their PedIgTee OF their blood is recorded
9Th rs much and tenac,,y the genea!ogy Of
Z tbs most Ancient English Mobility" But, il cannot
De necessary 70 euiogze this matches breed Of huT
'e'' TO recommend them 20 the American sportsman;
ns must know, that u by crossing on this stoci
'"at TIE sluggish and ccdolyJd-d horse Of England
Sas converted INTO t.c beautiful and I-h.rlc,,e,i
eouTseT T. IS only necessary TO satisfy hm that the
D WIN IA ARABIAN Is ore Of true s.ock-so many
attempts have been made % lnrus. on public c-eduI
: - by pam'ng en- them spurious horses for tie Ara.
ban, that tc evidence Of the true stock sbod h.,
satisfactory and conclusive. The Winter Arabian wa g
captured during the late wRr ~ 1914 then one wear
oIa, BY the prIgsteer Grompus OF baltimore on board
M brig DORIS, hts Ertanuc Majesty Transport No
SJO on her passage from Senegal in Afcs 10 Poris-
mouth IN England: and was intended 20 present for
w ihrn PIncs Regent, now King of England. lS,s
NUS Hcsty Ee1uir, r.i uit pare 49,
Winter Arabian was sold as pxrt Of m. cargo f,,
captured brig, and vas purchased by Eisha j. Winter
Esq. then member Of Congress from the STATE If
NcV forki after The purchase, he, through highly
respectable mercantile house IN Neg ygrf eau. i o.
inquiry to be made If Colonel Bloomfield and ur
douglas, the superne1dants OF Ills Maiestys stud an
hampton Court, by whom lie informed that a fll.
biooded Arabian shipped in the brig Doy,s froo,
senegal for his hsiesiy uud there was no doubt of
hs being Of the best Arabian slock.-Tbis corrcsgon-
dencc, with Sir. MImll.I,a Ec.L.- 49, D.. - l.