Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1830-03-18
WINTER ARABIAN.

tNS $40 N>otiASfA W st tatto
ut my stablc, in the county of Brunswick, 80
miles South of Petersburg, Is miles Northeast from
brunswick Courthouse. (L.awrepcevilc,) aud 70 miles
Northwest from Bellicld, aud let to mares at S25
the season, 20 be discharged by the payment of SS5u
any time m the season., and one dollar to the groom,
in each case. phe season TO commence the 18th OF
February, and terminate the 18th day of July. Good
pasturage Tor mares furnished gratis: mares well fed
and strictly attended to at a reasonable price, but no
responsibility Tor escapes or accidents.
The subscriber congratulates the breeders of fine
horses, ON the opportunity~now offered them of I'M
proving their stock, by n valuable cross.-rhat the
American and English race horse has greatly dcterio-
rated 10 the last eighty years, is fact tha, must be con-
coded by all Intelligent and candid sportsmen; and
that, that deterioration has been produced by the
practice OF breeding IN aud IN, rs it is called, (that is.
from the same s,ockS it is presumed will also be
admitted. After the most diiigent inquiry and careful
investigation, I believe the most successful raisers in
Virginia are persuaded that AN occasional esort to the
original stock Of oriental horses is as necessary TO
preserve an improved breed, as il was in the first
instance TO obtain it; and SO far from the direct cross
not producing the finest animals both for strength,
speed aud beauty, il is capable of proof, and the his.
tory OF the English race horse will demonstrate il,
that the best racers and breeders England ever had.
were the sons and daughters, and at far,hest, the
yraHd.sons and grand daughters of the. Arabian: and
that they have deprecated i'm proportion us they were
removed from these points. The FIRST evidence 2
would offer in support OF The assertion is. tie esta-
oiished weights on the English course at dinasnt
dates. from the time OF the introduction o itlie barley
Arabian, until the death Of the Godolphin Arabian.
which Included a 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, white the weights were greatly increased. aged
horses then carried 1853 pounds, and with that they
ran four miles, from seven minutes twenty seconds, To
seven minutes fifty seconds; from that time, saw from
i1!o to l775 to the days of Eclipse, they discontinued
the breeding from the Arabian, aud their weights have
been gradually decreasing. on some tracks TO 1Io
pounds; and on none, l believe, are they higher than
1SS pounds; yet there is not now in England or Amc-
RIGA "a racer that can run the distance in the sane time
in which it was formerly done with their heavy weights.
The next evidence IS. the horses themselves. barley
Arabian got Flying Chndcrs, who is said to have run
tour miles IN six minutes and forty seconds. FLYING
CMlders got many fine racers; but none that eaualled
himself. Godolphin Arabian got the dam of Eclipse,
but Eclipse never got his own equal, though he got
many flne racers-viz: Regulus, Volunteer, &c. lie.
gulus got many champions of the turf, but neither him
nor his progeny produced another Regulus. Vertum.
nus got Baronet, but Baronet never got a 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 less
the equal of Volunteer. Janus and Fearnoupbt were
got by Godolpbin Arabian; during the DAYS of those
horses, Virginia. was famed Cor fine saddle horses, as
wen as distinguished racers; now, it is almost proven.
eial' ,ha, .he blood horse OF Virginia rarely produces a
hnc saddle horse: nor have We, I believe, a 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
II IS a fact, and one which is well worthy the conside.
ration of rsisers, that with the present light weights
many OF our first horses break down in training, and
very few remain longer than two years on the turf.
ihe'r bone, siuew, aud muscle arc not in promotion
to their size aud weight-and their legs often give
way in training exercise. II is believed there is not
now in the United States 4 single high-blooded horse
That has not descended from the same stock, viz: the
GodolPhin Arabian, and, generally speaking, both by
dam and sire. CAN n strong active, healthy and yipor-
oas horse be reasonably expected by prupagaIinr
from such near connexions! Every farmer knows the
effect OF crossing in and IA has on cattle. sheen. &c,
but We seem not TO have anticipated the consequence
TO the most noble and useful OF animals, by the viola
ton OF the law of nature, which fofbids inccstuous
come xlons; but it Carries with il its own corrective,
IN the glow but certain destruction of the species; such
oeins the consequence OF our system, it would seem
strange hat we continue 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 evl-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, las they are
there called,) are valued from 500 to 5000 pounds ster-
Ipg-they are considered a consecrated breed, de.
signed for the use of the Prophet and his descendants:
and a great prejudice exists to selling them at all.
Taplin, in his Sporting Dictionary published in 1908.
vol. i, page AZ, remarks-'that they are mostly con-
signed as presents to his Majesty or some of the ROYAL
Family, and their pedigee of their blood is recorded
the most Ancient English Nobility" But, it cannot
be Necessary to eulogize this matchless breed of hor-
ses, to recommend them to the American sportsman;
he must know, that it was by crossing on this stool
that the sluggish and cold-blooded horse of England
was converted into the beautiful and high-mettIed
courser. 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 creduli-
ty by palming on them spurious horses for the Ara.
bian, 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 priyateer Grampus of Baltimore, on board
the brig Doris, his Britannia Majesty's Transport No.
$50, on her passage from Senegal in Africa, to Ports.
mouth in England: and was intended as a present for
u tnen Pr1nCe Regent, now King Of ENGLAND ISee
1Nites' Weekly Register, uL via page 16)
Winter Arabian was sold as a part of the cargo of the
captured brig, and was purchased by Elisha J. Winter,
Esq. then q member Of Congress from the State OF
New York; after the purchase, he, through a highly
respectable mercantile house in New York, caused an
inquiry to be made Of Colonel B~roomfeld and Mr..
douglas, the superlntendants of His Majesty's stud al
Hampton Court, by whom he was informed, that a full.
blooded Arabian was shipped in the brig Doris. from
Senegal, for his Majesty, und there was no doubt of
ms beng OF tile best Arabian stock.-This correspon-
dence, with Mr.. Winters certificate, that he is the
same horse, with many other evidences. are in my
possession, and will be exhibited TO any gentleman
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