Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1830-04-28
WINTER ARABIAN.

n at nay stable, in the county of Brunswick, 50
niles South of Petersburg, Is miles Northeast from
Brunswick Courthouse, C4awreucevile,) and 10 miles
Northwest from BeGeld, and lot to mares ut S25
the season, to be discharged by the payment OF 20
any tune in the aud one dollar to the groom
in each case. The season to commence the 18th OF
February. and terminate the 18th day OF July. Good
pasurae for mares furnished gratis; mares well fed
and strictly attended to reasonable plicc, but no
responsibility for escapes accidents.
/ The subscriber conSratulates the breeders OF fine
horses, on the opportunity now offered them OF inn
proving their stock, by a valuable cross.--rhat the
American and English race horse has greatly deterio-
rated in the last eighty years fact that must be
4 coded by all intelligent and candid sPortsmen; and
that that deterioration has been produced by the
practice OF breeding IN and u is cSed Chat is
/ from the stock,) it is presumed viii also be
admitted. After the most dilgent inquiry ant, careful
investigation, believe the most successful raiscrs in
Virginia persuaded that occasional the
original stock of oriental horses is necessary to
preserve improved breed, il in the first
Instance obtain it; and far from the direct
not producing the finest animals both for strength,
speed and beauty, it is capable OF proof, and the his
tory of the English horse will demonstrate it,
that the best and breeders England had,
were the and daughters, and at Earthest, the
grand and grand daughters OF the Arabian: and
that they have Deprecated in proportion they
removed from these points. The first evidence ]
would offer in support of the assertion is the esta-
bliShed weights the English course at different
dates from the time OF the introduction iths barley
Arabian, until the death of the Godoiphin Arabian;
which included period of about fifty years. They
breeding extensively fIon, oriental horses, in.
GLIDING 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 16S pounds, and with that they
ran four miles, from minutes seconds, to
seven minutes fifty seconds; from that time, say from
1870 TO 177 to the days of Eclipse they discontinued
the breeding from the Arabian and their weights have
been gradually decreasing; some tracks To / 70
pounds and on none, believe, they higher than
lSS pounds yet there is not in Eng land Anne
RIGA racer that the distance in tho sane
IN which was formerly done with their heavy weights
The next evidence is the horses themselves Darlcy
Arabian got Flying Childers, who is said TO have run
four miles in SIX minutes and forty seconds Flying
Chiders cot many fHe racers; but that equalled
himself Godoirhin Arabian got The dam Of Eclipse,
but Eclipse never got his own equal, though he got
many fac racers-viz RegulUs, Volunteer, &C. Re
guus got many champions OF the turf, but neither him
nor bis progeny produced 9nother Rcguus Ncrtun-
nus got paronet, but BarOnet never got horse as
successful the turf himself or sire. Volunteer
got Spread Eagle, Sterling, S>c.; but Sterling and
Spread Eagle never SC. their own equal much Il, IS
the equal ct Volunteer. Janus and Fearnought were
got by C'ndolphn Arabian during the days those
horses Virginia was famed for fine saddle horses
well distinguished racers; now, il is almost proven
bal that the blood horse of Virginia rarely produces
ne saddle horse; nor have We believe, single turf
horse capable OF running four miles With 1G3 pounds
(the former weights in good time. Our best racers
are made by young horses carrying light weights; and
II IS fact, and one which is we'll worthy the Conside
ration of rasers, 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
!her bone, SInew, aud muscle not in proportion
to their size and weght--and their legs often give
way in training exercise. 1t is believed there is not
now in the United States single highblooded horse
that has not descended from the same stock viz: the
Godolphin Arabian, and, generally speaking both by
Gam ana SIRE Can strong active, healthy and yigor
Gus horse be reasonably expected by propagating
from such near connexions? Every farmer knows the
ELECT OF crossing an md az has cattle. sheen &c
put we seem not TO nave anticipated the consequence
to The most noble and useful of animals by the viola
ton of the law Of nature, which frbds incestuons
connexlons but 1t Carries with 1t its corrective
in the slow but Certain destruction OF the Species suc
IbeIu,c he of
strange that continue to pursue ii-many attempts
have been made to alter it,-many fine horses have
been imported from England but they have furnished
no remedy for the eviI-the English and American
race horse being OF the same stock The difficulty
and enormous expense of obtaining the true.blooded
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 thew are
there caed valued irom 500 5000 pounds stcr-
hng-ihey are considered a consg Grated breed, de-
signed for the of the Prophet and his descendants
and great prejudice exists selling them at all
Tapn, in his Sporting Dictionary Published in 1905,
vol. !, page AZ, remarks-''that they mostly con-
signed presents 10 his Majesty or some of the ROYAL
Family and their pedigree of their blood is recorded
with as much care and tenacy, as the Seneaogy OF
the most Ancient English Nobility" Hut, il cannot
be necessary TO euogze this mach!ess breed OF hor-
ses, to recommend them To the American sportsman.
he must know, that it was by crossing this stock
that the sluggish and coldblUOded horse of England
was converted into the beautiful and high.nettled
courseT Il is only necessary satisfy him that the
| WINTER ARABIAN is one Of true stoek-so many
4 ~ by Paming OH 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, then one wear
old, By the pTivateer Grampus of Baltimore on board
the brig Doris, his Britannia Majesty's Transport No
o5O on her passage from Senegal in Africa to Ports
mouth in England and was intended as a present for
the then Prince Regent, King Of England. lSse
|'ics weekly Register, UOL raj. page lG)
Winter Arabian sold part of the cargo Of the
captured brig and was purchased by Elisha j. Winter
i Esq. then member Of Congress from the State of
New YORK; alter the purchase he, through a highly
respectable mercantile house in New York caused an
inquiry to be made of Colonel Broomfeld and SIr
Douglas the suPerntendants of Ills Maesys stud Al
hampton Court, by whom he was informed that u full.
blooded Arabian shipped in the brig Doris from
senegal, for his Majesty, und there was no doubt of
ms beng OF the best Arabian stock.This corresDon
dence, with Mr.. Winters certificate. that he is the
same horse, with many other evidences are in nv
possession, and will be exhibited to any gentleman
who wishes TO raise from him. All those who have
seen him, admire his superiority Of form beauty and
hnty hardness of limbs; his fine, silky aowiup nane