Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1830-04-10
WINTER ABRAHAM.

hlltCS oOutH u 4 ttCISOurr, 10 miles NOrthCQst lrOnl
Brunswick Courthou-c, U.avrcrccvilc J and Ia miles
Northwest from Bcllncld. and lct to mares a, SOS
the SEASON, to be discharged by the payment of So
any time in the season, and one dollar to the groom.
M esch case. Inc season TO commence the 1S,h OF
February, and terminate the i5th day of July. Guod
pasturage for mares furnished gratis; mares well fed
and strictly attended to NJ a reasonable price, but no
responsibility for escapes or accidents.
The subscriber congratulates the breeders Of fine
horses, on the opportunity now offered them of inn
proving their stock, by a valuable cross.-Ihat the
American and English race horse has greatly deterio-
rated IN the last eighty Years, is a fact that must be con-
ceded by all intelligent and candid sportsner, and
that, that deterioration has been produced by the
practice of breeding in ard ia, as it is called, (tiat is,
from the same s,oek) it is presumed will also be
admitted. After the NEST dilsent inquiry and careful
Investigation, l believe the most successful raisers in
Virginia are persuaded that AN oc casional resort to the
original stock of oriental horses is rs necessary TO
preserve an improved breed, as it was in the fiyst
instance TO obtain H. aud SO far from the direct cruss
not producing the finest animals both for strength,
speed and beauty, it is capable of prouf, and the his.
tory of the English race horse will demonstrate L.,
that the best racers and breeders England ever had,
were the sons and daughters, and at rarthest, the
grard.sons and granddaughter Of the Arabian: and
that they have deprecated in proportion rs they were
removed from these points. The first evidence I
would offer in support of the assertion is, tie cs,a-
bGshcd weights on the English course at different
dates, from the time Of the introduction o 1.-THE barley
Arabian, until the death OF the Goaolphin Arabian:
which included a period of about fifty years. They
were breeding extensively from oriental horses, in.
GLIDING Barbs and Turks. During that entire period,
their horses continued to improve in speed aud bot
tom, Willie the weights were greatly incrcased; aged
horses then carried les pounds, and with tina, they
ran four miles, from seven minutes twenty seconds, to
seven minutes fifty seconds; from that time, say from
iTT0t to l7T5 to the days of Eclipse, they discontinued
the breeding from the Arabian, and their weights have
been gradually decreasing; On some tracks to 10
pounds; and on none, l believe, are they higher Than
fS3 pounds yet there is not now in England or Amc-
RIGA 4 racer that can run the distance in the san time
in which It was formerly done with their heavy weights.
The next evidence is, the horses themselves. Darlry
ArAbian got Flying Cliildcrs, who is said to have rus,
four mIlcs in six minutes aal forty seconds. Flvinr
Chiiders got many fine racers; but none that equalled
himself. GudUlphin Arabian got the dam of Eclipse,
but Eclipse never got his own equal, though he go,
many hne raceis-viz: Regulus, Volunteer, &c. Ie-
gulus got many champions OF the Turf, but neither him
nor his progeny produced 2nOlhcr Regulus. Nertum.
pus got Elronet, but BIyonet never got a horse =,
successful on the turt as himself or sire. Volunteer
got Spread Eagle, Sterling, Sci but Sterling and
Spread Eagle never got their own equal. much less
the equal of Volunteer. Janus and Fearnoucht were
got by tiodolphin Arabiaui during tic days OF those
horses, Virginia WAS famed for fine saddle horses, as
well as distinguished racers now, II IS almost proven.
bal, that the blood horse of Virginia rarely produces a
fine saddle horse: nor have we, I believe, a single turf
horse capable of Trimming four miles with los pounds
(the former weights IN good time. Our best racers
} are made by young horses carrying light weights; and
! / is Il fact, and one which is well worthy the console,
ration of raisers, that with the present light weight
many OF our first horses break down in training, and
4 very teV remain longer than Two years ON the turf
Their bones sinew, add muscle are net in proportion
TO their size and weight-and their legs often give
4 'Hg - N'N'''''C NNar'3N - - oNANf - liz
: nov Ia the United safes . single high-5ioOded horse
| that has net descended from the same stock, viz: IL,
G%odolphin Arabian, and, generally speaking, both b,
5 daIn ana sire. Can I strong, active, healthy and yiCor
Gus horse be reasonably expected by propagaJine
from such near connexions' Every farmer knows the
= effect OF crossing IN and az has en- cattle. sheen &C.
n but we seem not TO have anticipated the eonsonurrc,
{ to the most noble and useful OF animals. by the vioI,
E ton Of the law of nature, which Erbids inces,nou
connexions but it carries With il; its own corrective
in the slow but certain destruction of the species; snct
being the consequence of our system, it would seen
strange that we continue TO pursue i;,-many attenpt,
have been made to alter I',-uany fine horses have
been imported from England, but they have furnished
no remedy for the eyil-ihe English and American
race horse being of the same stock. The difficulty
and enormous expense Of obtaining the true-bloodeI
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 they are
there calledD are valued from 500 TO 5000 pounds sier
Gng--they are considered a consecrated breed, de
D.! signed for the use of the Prophet and his descendants
and a great prejudice exists TO selling them at all
> Tapin, IN his Sporting Dictionary published in 1908
] vol. !, page AZ, remarks-''lhat they are mostly con
signed as presents TO his Majesty OF some of the Rova
Family, and their pedigree Of their blood is recorded
with ss much care and tenacity, AS the genealogy Of
the most Ancient English Nobility" But, it csnnor
be necessary to eulogize this matchess breed of hur
ses, to recemmend them to the American sportsman
he must know, that it was by crossing on this stack
that the sluggish and cOld.blooded horse df England
was converted into the beautiful snd hiph-mettle,
couTser. 1t IS only necessary 10 satisfy him that ths
WINTER ARABIAN is one Of true stuck-so man,
attempts have been made to impose on public creduii
~ by palming on them spurious horses for the Ara
ban, that the evidence Of the true stock should b,
satisfactory and conclusive. The Winter Arabian VIZ
captured during the late war in 1914, then one yea
old, by the pTivateer Grampus of baltimore, on boar,
The brig Doris, his Britannia Majesty's Transport No
6jO, on her passage from Senegal in Africa, to Ports
mouth IN England; and was intended as a present fol
The then Prince Regent, now King of England. Ct
"teJ Weekty Register, rot vii page f6)
Winter Arabian was sold as a part of the cargo Of tht
captured brig, and was purchased by Elisha ]. Winter
Esq. then a member Of Congress from the State o.
New Horki after the purchase, he, through a highl,
respectable mercantile house in New York, caused ar
inquiry TO be made Of Colonel BroomGeld and Mfr
Douglas, the superintendent Of His Ma~iesiy's stud nj
Hampton Court, by whom he was informed, that a full
blooded Arabian was shipped in the brig Doris, from
Senegal for bis Majesty, und there was no doubt oil
his being of the best Arabian stock.-This corresDon
dence, with Mr.. Winters certificate. that he is the
same horse, with many other evidences. are in NY
possession, and will be exhibited TO any gentleman
who wishes TO raise from him. All those who have
seen hIfn, admire his superiority Of form, beauty and
hinty hardness OF limbs; his fine, silky, flowing name
and taiii elastic and sprighty movements; great share
OF bone and muscles indeed the only objection TO him,