Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1830-05-22
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MINTEN AhAn1AN.
TsHs keiutlf,l aS6t rue Arabian Stallion win stand
= ltmy stable, III tho county Of BrNnswick, 50
miles South OF Petersburg Is miles Northeast Rom
brunswick Conrthonse. aud "a miles
Northwest from Hellqeid and let to mares at S2s
The season, to be doehatsed by the payment Of 82V
any time in ihe sexiSS and ono dollar 40 the RrSoss.
in each case. The season to commence the 18th OF
February and terminate the 18th day OF Jolly. Good
pssturage for mares furnished giraffe; mares well fed
and strictly attended ata reasonable price, but no
responsibility for escapes or secidents. - =
The subscriber congrAtulates the breeders Of fne
proving their stock. by valuable cross That the
American and English race horse has greatly deterio
rated IN the last eighty years. 10 fact that must be
eeded BY al Intelligent and candid sportsmen, and
that, that Deterioration has been produced by the
practice of breeding and IN, it is called (that IS
from the same stock,) IL is presumed will also be
admitted After the most dilgent inquiry and careful
investigation, believe the most Successful rasers in
Virginia are persuaded that occasional resort to the
original stock OF oriental horses IS rs necessary to
preserve an improved breed, ~ il was in the Hrst
instance to obtain it, and far from the direct cross
not producing the finest animals both for strength.
speed and beauty il 10 capable of proof and the his
tory of the Engt.h race horse viii demonstrate 1t,
that the best and breeders England ever had
we're the sons and .da0ghtere, anu at farthest the
grand sons and and-daughter of the Arabian: and
that they have deprecated in proportion they were
would oer in support of the assertion is the esta-
blished weights the English course MT different
dates from the time of the introduction 1.-THE harley
Arabian, untl the death of the Godolphin Arssian;
which included period of about fifty years They
were breeding extensively from oriental horses in.
clning Barbs and Turks. During t.is s;;;T period
Their horses continued to improve in speed and bot
tom, while the weights were grestly increased; aged
horses then carried 1853 pounds, and with that they
ran four miles, from minutes twenty seconds TO
seven minutes fifty seconds; from that time, say from
l77O to l775 to the days of Eclipse they discontinued
the breeding from the Arabian, and their weights have
been gradually decreasing; on some tracks to .li9
pounds; and none, believe, are they higher than
lSS POUNDS yet there IS not now in England Ame
RIGA racer that the distance in the sane time
IN which twas formerly done with their heavy weights
The next evidence Isl the horses themselves Darley
Arabian got Flying Childers, who is said TO have run
four miles in six minutes and forty seconds FLYING
Chders got many fine racers but none that euualled
himself Godolphin Arabian got the dam Of Eclipse
but Eclipse never got his own equal though he got
many fine racers-vlz: Reguus, Volunteer, &C. Re.
gulus got many champions OF the Iur but neither him
nor his progeny produced another Regulus. Vertum-
nus got Batonet, but Baronet got horse as
successful on the turf as himself sire Volunteer
got Spread Eagle, Sterling, Sc; but Sterling and
Spread Eagle never got their equal. much le IS
the equal ct Volunteer: Janus and Fearuought ere
got by NodolPhin Arabian; during the days of those
horses, Virginia was famed for fine saddle horses as
we'll rs distinguished racers; now, it is almost proven.
bal that the blood horse of Virginia rarely produces
hne saddle horses nor have Believe single turf
horse capable OF running four miles with 1853 pounds
(the former weights in good time. Our best racers
are made by young horses carrying light weights and
1t IS fact, and one which W ell worthy the conside
ration OF rasers, that with the present light weights
many OF our first horses break down in training, and
very feT remain longer than two years on the turf
Their bone, sinew, aud muscle not in proportion
to their size and weght--and their legs often give
way in training exercise II is believed there is not
now in the United States single hieh-blooded horse
that has not descended from the same stock yiz the
Godoiphin Arabian, and generally speaking, both by
dam and SIRE Can strong, active, healthy and vgor
Gus horse be reasonably expected by propagating
from such near connexionsl Every farmer knows the
effect OF crossing IN and IN has cattle, sheep, &c
but We seem not to have anticipated the consequ
to the most noble and useful Of animals BY the viola
ton ef the law of nature which furbis incestuons
connexions but il carries with it its own corrective
the slow but certain destruction of the speces such
being the consequence of system, il would seem
strange that continue to pursue it-many ATTEMPTS
have been made to alter ,-many fine horses have
beeh 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 as thew
there caed valued from 500 to 5000 pounds stcr
Jng-they are considered consecrated breed, de-
signed tor the of the Prophet and his
and great rReudice exists to selling them AT all
Tapn, in his Sporting Dictionary published in 1905
vol. l, page AZ, remarks-"that they are mostly con-
signed as presents TO his Majesty some Of the ROYAL
Family and their pedigree of their blood recorded
9th rs much care and tenacity, the geneaogy of
the most Ancient English Nobility" But, it cannot
be necessary to euIogze this matchess breed of hor
SEES, to recommend them to the American sportsman;
he must know, that it by crossing on this stock
that the sluggish and cod-blooded horse of England
was converted into the beautiful and high.me,tIed
courser. 1t s,only necessary to satisfy him that the
WINTER ARABIAN is one of true stock-so many
attempts have been made to impose on public crednl.
ty by palming on 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 in 1914 the one wear
old, by the privsteer Grampus of Baltimore on board
the brig Doris, his Britannia Majestys Transport No
65O on her passage from Senegal in Africa TO Ports
mouth IN Engand and was intended as a present for
the then Prince Regent, nov King of England (See
Miles w seFiy Register, uol Uit. page 16)
Winter Arabian sold part Of the cargo of the
captured brig, and purchased by Elisha j. Winter,
Esq. then member Of Congress from the State W
New York; after the purchase, he, through highly
respectable mercantile house in New York caused an
inquiry TO be made of Colonel Broourfeld and Mr.
Douglas the superintendent Of Ills Maesys stud AT
Hampton Court, by whom he informed that full.
FLOODED Arabian was shipped in the brig Doris from
Senegal, for his Majesty, und there was no doubt of
his beng OF the best Arabian stock. This correspon.
dence, with Mr.. Winters certificate, that he il the
horse with manv ouher eviIaores a.. Il, =. :