Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1830-04-30
WINTER ARABIAN.

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THIS beautiful and true Arabian Stallion will stand
II at my stable, in the county of Brunswick, 80
miles South Of Petersburg, Is miles Northeast from
Brunswick Courthouse. (Lawrepcevle,) and 10 miles
Northwest from Bell6eld, and let to mares ut $25
the season, to be discharged by the payment of S2o
any time in the season, and one dollar to the groom,
in each case The season to commence the 18th OF
February, and terminate the 18th day OF July. Good
pasturage for furnished gratis; well fed
and strictly attended to at reasonable price, but
responsibility for escapes or accidents.
The subscriber congrstulstes the breeders OF fine
horses, on the opportunity offered them of I'M
proving their stock, by a valuable cross.-That the
American and English horse has greatly deterio-
rated in the last eighty years. fact that must be
ceded by all intelligent and carlid sportsmep; and
that, that deterioration has been produced by the
practice of breeding IN and it is called, Chat is,
from the same stock,) It IS presumed will also be
admitted After the most diligent inquiry and careful
investigation, believe the most successful raisers in
Virginia persuaded that occasional the
original stock Of oriental horses is necessary to
preserve improved breed, il in the first
instance to obtain it, and far from the direct
not producing the finest animals both for tn,
speed and beauty, is capable of proof and the his
tory Of the English race horse will demonstrate IT,
that the best and breeders England ever had
were the sons and daughters, and at farthest, the
grand sons and granddaughters 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 Isl the esta
blished weights on the English at different
dates from the time Of the introduction 1.-THE barley
Arabian, until the death of the Godolph;n Arabian;
which included 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 were greatly increased; aged
horses then carried 1o3 pounds, and with that they
ran four miles, from seven minutes twenty seconds to
seven minutes fifty seconds; from that time say from
l77o to 1775 to the days of Eclipse, they
the breeding from the Arabian, and their weights have
been gradually decreasing; on some tracks to lis
pounds; and none, believe, are they higher than
13S pounds yet there is not now in England Anne
1 hiatt sh,
in which it formerly done with their heavy weights
The next evidence is, the horses themselves barley
Arabian got Flying Chlders, who is said have run
four miles in six minutes and forty seconds. FLYING
Chliders got many fine racers but that equalled
himself Godophin Arabian got the dam of Eclipse
but Eclipse never got his own equal, though he got
many tne racers-viz: Regulus Volunteer, &c. Re
gulus got many champions of the turf but .eher hin
nor his progeny produced another Regulus Vertum
| nos got Baronet, but Baronet never got horse as
successful on the turf as himself sire. Voiuntee
got Spread Eagle, Sterling, &c; but Sterling and
Spread Eagle never got their equal much les,
the equal of Volunteer. Janus and Fearnought were
got by 6odoPhin Arabian; during the days of those
horses, Virginia famed for fine saddle horses as
well distinguished racers; now it is almost proven
bia that the blood horse of Virginia rarely produces
hne saddle horse nor have we, believe single turf
horse capable OF running four miles it'll 1913 pounds
the former weights in good time best racers
are made by young horses carrying light weights; and
IS fact, and one which well worthy the conside
ration of rasers, that with the present light weight,
many OF our first horses break down in training and
very few remain longer than two years on the turf
Their bone, sinew, aud muscle are not in proportion
to their size and weight-and their legs often olive
way IN training exercise. 1t is believed there is not
now IN the United States single hgh-blooded horse
that has not descended from the same stock viz: thr
Godophin Arabian, and, generally speaking both b,
dam and SIRE Can strong, active, healthy and vigor
from sneh near es ceasS by pToDsgstnl
effect OF crossing an and IN has on cattle sheen &c
but We seem not to have anticipated the
to the most noble and useful of animals by the vioa
Yhi f.-h; IL,
but it carries with It its own correc,ive
in the slow but certain destruction the Species sueI
DeIns the consequence OF our system, it would seen
strange that we continue to pursue it-rnany attemp
have been made to alter it,-many fine horses havr
been imported from England but thew have fnrn;sbsC
no remedy for the evil-the English and America
race morse being OF the same stock. The difficulty
and enormous expense of obtaining the trueblooded
Arabian, has prevented the importation of many al
them into this country 1t is affirmed by writer's and
travellers, that those of tn sacred blood las they
there called valued from 500 to 5000 pounds
i flng-they are considered consecrated breed, de
signed for the use 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 as presents to his Majesty of the Roya
Family, and their pedigree of their blood is recorded
with as much care and tenacity as the eenealopv ri
the most Ancient English Nobility" But, il cannot
be necessary to euogze this matchless breed of nor
ses, to recommend them to the American sportsman
he must know, that it by crossing on this stock
that the sluggish and coIdblooded horse of England
was converted into the beautiful and high-mettIed
conrser 1t IS only necessary to satisfy him that the
WINTER ARABIAN IS one of true stock-so many
attempts have been made to impose on public credu
ty by palming on them spurious horses for the Ara
6Ian that the evidence Of the true stock should be
satisfactory and conclusive The Winter Arabian was
captured during the late in 1914, then one wear
Old by the prvateer Grampus of Baltimore on board
ne brig DORIS his Britannia Majesys Transport No.
o5O on her passage from Senegal in Africa to Ports
mouth IN England: and intended as a present for
me then Prince Regent, now King Of England (See
Fnss Wsskty Register, Uol phi page I6)
Winter Arabian was sold a part Of the cargo of the
captured brig and was purchased by Elisha j. Winter
Esq. then member of Congress from tie State of
New York; after the purchase, he through a hiobIv
respectable mercantile house in New York caused an
inquiry to be made Of Colonel BroomfieId and Mr.
Douglas, the superntendants Of His Maiestys stud At
hampton Court by whom he informed, that full
S arabian was shipped in the brig Doris, from
senegal tor his Majesty, und there was no doubt Of
Is oeng OF the best Arabian stock.-This correspon
oence, with hr. Winters certificate, that he is the
same horse, with many other evidences are in my
possession and will be exhibited TO any gentleman
VINO Wlshes TO raise from him. All those who have
seen nm, admire his If