Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1830-03-09
= WINTER ARABIAN.


miles South Of Petersburg, IS miles NorthcVst from
brunswick Court Lawrcpccvillc,) and Is miles
Northwest Rom Brllfsld, and let TO marcs at $c5
the s.asnn. 10 be discharged by the paymcnt of s'
in each Gaze. 1he SESSION To comme nee the 5h of
fcbrusry, and terminate The 18Th day Of July. Good
psxarsye Tor mares fnrnished gratis: mares wen fed
sui ssrcvy sftsn~dto mt rcss"nsbIe price, but no
responsibility for escapes oraeciJents-
Ihe subscriber congrAtulates the breeders Of fine
horses, ON the opportunity 'nw offered .hcm "i I'M
Americas aud English horse has greatly tetero
rated in the last eighty years. is fact that be
csded BY al intelligent and candid sror,sme. aud
practice OF breeding IN and Il Is called, ttat is,
from the Same s,oek,) it 10 presumed will also be
admitted Aftcrthe n'ost diliRrni inquiry and careful
invesfgation, believe the most successful raise in
yirgina are persuaded that occasional resort to the
original stock Of oriental horses is necessary to
preserve an Improved breed, as il in the first
nstance To obtain it, and SO far from the direct
not producing the finest animals both for strength
speed ana beauty, in capable of proof and the his.
tory OF tue English race horse will demonstrate II,
that TIE best and breeders England ever had
tho and tlaughtt rs, and at farthcst, the
grard-sons and grand daughters Of tho Arsbizm and
that they have deprecated in proportion they
removed from these points. The first evidence I
would offer in support Of the assertion is tie esa-
6lshcd weights on tile English course at different
dates, from the time of the introduction 1.-THE barley
Arabian, until the death of the Godophin Arabian;
which included period Of about City years. They
we're breeding extensively from oriental horses
GLIDING Darbs and Turks. During that tn,ire period,
their horses continued to improve in speed and hot
tom, while the weights were greatly increased; aged
horses then carried 1853 pounds, and with that they
ran four miles, from minutes ehty seconds to
seven minutes :ty seconds; from that time, say from
1770 to l715 10 the uays at Eclipse they discontinued
the breeding from the Arsban and their weights have
been &Ead,irliy decreasing; some tracks to 1i9
poundS and on none, believe, they higher than
1S3 pounds; vet there is not in England Anne
RIGA racer that the distance in tho san time
in which it formerly done with their heavy weights
The next evidence is, the horses themselves. barley
Arabian got Flying Ch'lders, Who is said To have run
four miles III SIX minutes and forty seconds. Pviup
Chiders got many fine racers; but that equaed
himself. Godolphin Arabian got the dam of E:iose
but Eclipse never got his own equal though he go,
many fine raccrs-viz: Reguius, Volunteer, &c. Re
gulus got many champions of the turf but neither him
nor his progeny produced another Rcgulus. Yertum.
nus got Barone', but BaIone, never got horse
successful on the turf rs himself sire. Volunteer
got Spread Eagle, Sterling, &c; but Sterling and
Spread Eagle never got their equal much less
the equal Of Volunteer. Janus and Fearnought were
got by GodoIphn Arabian; during the days of those
horses, Virginia was famed for fine saddle horses, as
well as distinguished now, it is almost proven.
bia that the blood horse of Virginia rarely produces
horse capable Of running four miles vi it'll 1913 pounds
(thc former weights in good tme.--Our best racers
are made by young horses carrying light weights; and
tits fact and one Which is we'll worthy the consd-
ration of raisers, 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
10 their size and weight-and their legs often give
way IN training exercise. II is believed there is not
now in the United States single hgh.bloodrd horse
that has not descended from The same stock, viz the
GodoiPbln Arabian, and, generally speaking, both by
dam and SIRE Can strong, active, healthy and
Gus horse be reasonably expected by propagatinp
from such near eonnexions' Every farmer knows the
effect OF crossing IN AMI fl has cattle, sheep Sc
but we seem not to have anticipated the conse uuence
to the most noble and useful of animals By tho vio,
ton Of the law of nature, which forbiis inces,uons
rnnFNRY Nno hat a.. 20
IN the slow but certain destruction of the snecies snch
being the consequence of system, it would seem
strange that we CONTINUES to pursue it-many attempts
have been made to alter it,-many fine horses have
been imported from England, but they have furnished
no remedy for the evil-the English and American
race hdrse being Of tire 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 they are
there called) valued rom<oO0 to 5000 pounds ster
ing-they are considered q consecrated breed de.
signed for the of the Prophet and his descendants
aad great prejudice exists to selling them at ALI
fapin, in his Sporting Dictionary published in 1908
vol I, page ~ remarks-'that they are mostly con.
signed as presents to his Majesty Of the ROYAL
Family and their pedigee of their blood is recorded
with as much care and tenacty, the genealogy of
the most Ancient English Nobility" But, il cannot
be necessary to eulogize this matchess 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 coldblooded horse of England
courser IS only necessary to satisfy him that the
WINTER ARABIAN is one Of true stock-so many
attempts have been made to impose public creduli-
~ paming 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 war in 1914, then one year
Old by the prisateer Grampus Of Baltimore on board
the brig Doris his Britannia Najes,ys Transport No
o5o 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 (ses
"ne1 Heetly Register, rot rii. page I6)
Winter Arabian sold part of the cargo of the
captured brig, and was purchased by Elisha j. Winter.
Esq' then member Of Congress from the State Of
New forki after the purchase, he, through highly
respectable mercantile house in New York. caused an
inquiry to be made of Colonel Broomfied and Mr.
douglas, the superintendans of His Msjesys stud at
hampton Court, by whom he was informed that full
biooded Arabian was shipped in the brig Doris from
senegal tor his Majesty, und there was no doubt of
ms beng OF the best Arabian stock-Tbis correspor
denee, with Mr. Winters certificate, that he is the
same horse. with many other evidences, are in INV
possession, and will be exhibited TO any pentlemsn