Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1830-04-20
WINTER ARABIAN.

TITT,TU T,I TOg
Northwest from Be6cld, and Let to mares ~ Cos
the season. To be discharged by the payment of $40
any time m the season, and dollar TO the groom
IN each case. The season To commence the 18th OF
February and terminate the 18th day of jury Good
pasturage Tor mares furnished gratis, mares well fed
ana srely attended to at reasonable price, but no
responsibility for escapes accidents.
The subscriber congratulates the breeders of fine
horscs' on the opportunity offered them of i'm
proving their stock, by "a valuable cross.-That the
American and English race horse has greatly Ceterio
rated IN the last eighty years fact that must be con
coded by all intelligent and candid sportsmen; and
that that deterioration has been produced bv the
practice oi breeding Z" cd IL is called (hat is
from the s,ock,) 1t is presumed will also no
admitted. After the dilgcnt inquiry and careful
investigation, believe the most successful raisers in
Virginia are persuaded that occasional resort to the
original stock of oriental horses is as NECESSARY o.,
preserve improved breed, as it was i'm the first
instance TO obtain It; and far from the direct cross
not producing the finest animals both for strenp tn
speed and beauty, il is capable of proof and the his
tory OF the English race horse will demonstrate i,
that the best racers and breeders England ever had
were the sons and daughters, and at far,hest the
grand sons and daughters of the Arabian: and
That they have deprecated in proportion as they were
removed from these points. The first evidence
would oter IN support of the assertion is the esta-
bItshed weights ON the English course at different
da,ee from the time of the Introduction 1.-THE pa,lev
Arabian, unit, the death of the Godophin Arabian.
which included period of about frv wears They
were breeding extensively from oriental horsce i,
GLIDING Dsrhs and Turks. During that entire n.r;oJ
the'r horses continued to improve in speed and bot
nnrRI
horses then carried l6S pounds, and with that the
ran four miles, from minutes twenty seconds IN
seven minutes fifty seconds from that time say from
lG1U to lI75 TO the days ut Eclipse they
the breeding from the Arabian and their WEIGHTS b,v.
been gradually deere asing; on some tracks tn no
pounds; and on none, believe, are they higher than
1SS pounds yet there is now i'm ENGLAND ar Amc-
rica racer that can run the distance in the sane time
IN which 1t was formerly done with their heavy weights
Inc next evidence is, the horses themselves DarIey
Arabian got Flying Chlders who is said to have RIM
md lf,ri,r nd
ChIders got many fine racers but none that eouolIei
I'ustH. 1odolphm Arabian got the dam of Eclipse
oul hG,PSe never got his own equal, though he got
many hne racers-vz: Rcgulus, Volunteer &c Re
gu!us got many champions of the turf but neither hin,
nor his progeny produced onuther P-ruus Nrr,un,
nos got Barone', but Bsronet never got horse as
successful on the turf as himself or sire Volunteer
got Spread Eagle, Sterling, &c; but Sterling and
Spread Eagle never got their own equal, much l., GO
the equal OF Volunteer. Janus and Fearuoucht were
S"I by nodolphn Arabsni during the days of those
horses, Virginia Famed for fine saddle horses nc
vel as distinguished racers; now it is almost proven
oia' at the blood horse of Virginia rarely produces
hne saddle horse nor have we, believe a single turf
horse capable of running four miles it'll 16S nounds
he former weights in good time Our best racers
are made by Young horses carrying light weights; and
II is TACT and one which is well worthy the consde.
ration of rasers that with the present light weights
many of our first horses break down in training and
very teY remsin longer than two years on the turf
Iher bone, Snew, and muscle are not in PROMOTION
to their size and weight-and their legs often give
way in training exercise. 1t is believed there is not
in the United States n single rh.bIooted borsa
that has not descended from the stock viz: the
GodoiPhin Arabian, and, generally speaking, both by
dam and sire Can strong active, healthy and vicor.
Gus horse be reasonably expected by prupapatinp
from such near connexions! Every farmer knows the
effect OF crossing ia and ia has on cattle sheen &c
but we seem not TO have anticipated the CONSEQUENCE
to tie most noble and useful of animals by the viola
ton of the law of nature, which forbds incestuous
connexions but it carries with it its own corrective
IN the slow but certain destruction of the sDecies such
oeIns the consequence OF our system, it would seem
strange that we continue to pursue -many attempts
have been made to alter it,-many fine horses have
been imported from England, but they have furnished
remedy for the evil-the English and America,
race horse being OF the same stock. The difficulty
aud enormous expense Of obtaining the true blood Cd
Arabian, has prevented the importation of MANY or
them into this country. 1t is affirmed by writer's and
travellers, that those of the sacred blood las they are
there caed are valued from 500 5000 pounds stcr-
Eng-they are considered a consccrated breed do
signed for the of the Prophet and his descendants
and a great prejudice exists to selling them at all
Iapin, in his Sporting Dictionary published i'm 1905
vol! L, page ~, remarks-'hat they are mostly con.
signed presents his Majesty or some of the ROYAL
Family and their pedigree of their blood is recorded
with as much and tenacity, as the genealogy of
the most Ancient English Nobility" But, il cannot
be necessary TO eu!ogze this machless breed of brr
ses, to recommend them to the American sDortsman.
he must know, that it by crossing on this stock
that the sluggish and codblooded horse Of England
was converted into the beautiful and hgh.mettIed
courser 1t IS only necessary satisfy him that the
WINTER ARABIAN is of true stock-so many
" by paming on them spurious horses for the Ara
ban, that the evidence Of the stock should be
satisfactory and conclusive. The Winter Arabian WAS
captured during the late war in 1914 then ono wear
Old by the privateer GramPus of Baltimore, on board
the brig Doris his Britannia Malestys Transport No
o5J, 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
1NhcS' Veekiy Register rot ri. page 49,
Winter Arabian was sold part Of the cargo Of the
captured brig, and was purchased by Elisha j. Winter
o.. then "A 10 .
New Yorki after the purchase, he, through highly
respectable mercantile house in New York caused an
inquiry To be made of Colonel Broomfield and MIR
Douglas the superntendants of Ills Majcsty's stud at
Hampton Court, by whom he was informed that a fun
bIooded Arabian was shipped In the brig Doris from
Senegal for his Majesty, und there was no doubt of
h's beng OF the best Arabian stock-This corrcspon
ucnce, WIN MIR. winters certificate, that he is tile
same horse, with many other evidences. are in nv
possession, and will be exhibited 20 any gentleman
VINO wishes to ra:se from him. An those who have
seen him, admire his superiority Of FORM beauty and
iinty hardness Of limbs his fine, silky, flowing name
and taii elastic and sprghty movements; great share
q and nuuf 10 if,I,, Il 49, -