Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1830-04-03
WINTER ARABIAN.

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I1IIS beautiful and Arabian Stallion will stand
] - at my stable, IN the county of Brunswick, 33
miles South of Petersburg, Is miles Northeast from
Brunswick Courthouse. (Lawrepccvie,) and 10 miles
| Northwest from Bcllhcd. and let TO mares at S25
the season, to be discharged by the payment of $50
any time IN the season, aud dollar tn the groom,
in each case. The To commence the 18th OF
February, and terminate the 18th day of July. Good
pssturage for mares furnished gratis mares well fed
and strictly attended to at reasonsblc price, but
responsibility for escapes accidents. N
he subscriber congra,ulates the breeders of fine
horses, on the opportunity now offered them of i'm
proving their stock, by valuable cross.-That the
American and English horse has greatly detero-
rated in the last eighty years. is fact that must be
coded by all intelligent and candid sportsmen; and
that that deterioration has been produced by the
practice Of breeding and IL is called, (that is,
from the same stock,) it Is presumed viii also be
admitted. After she mos dilgen, inquiry and careful
investigation, believe the most successful rascrs in
Virginia persuaded that occasional the
original stock of oriental horses is as necessary to
preserve an improved breed, as il was in the first
instance to obtain IL and far from the direct cross
not producing the finest animals both for strcnp TIL
speed and 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 farthest, the
grand sons and grsnddaughters of the Arabian and
that they have depreca,ed in proportion they were
removed from these ponts. The first evidence I
would offer in support of the assertion is the esta-
bhshed weights the English course at different
dates, from the time of the introduction 1.-THE BARLEY
ATaDlan:
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 I'm speed and bot
tom, while the weights we're greatly 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 tn l775 to the days of Eclipse they discontinued
the breeding from the Arabian aud their weights have
been gradually decreasing; some tracks to lio
pounds; and on none, believe, they higher chan
here 10 nntn IN, Il
RIGA racer that can the distance in the time
in which If was formerly done with their heavy weights
The next evidence u.s. the horses themselves. barley
Arabian got Flying Chlders, who is said have run
tour niles Iu Sin minutes aud forty seconds. FLYING
Childers got many fine racers; but none that eouaet
himself. GodOlphn Arabian got the dam of Eclipse
but Eclipse never got his equal, though he got
many fine racers-viz: Regulus, Volunteer, &C. Re
guus got many champions of the turf but neither him
nor his progeny produced smother Rcguius. Nertuu,-
nus got Baronet, but Baronet never got a horse rs
successful on the turf himself or sire Volunteer
got Spread Eagle, Sterling. &c; but Sterling and
Spread Eagle never got their equal. much less
the equal ut Volunteer. Janus and Fearnoueht were
got by tiodophin Arabian; during the days of huse
horses, Virginia famed for fine saddle horses AS
well as distinguished racers now, il is almost prgver.
bal, that the blood horse Of Virginia rarely produces
hnc saddle horse: 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 IounS horses carrying light weights; and
1t IS fact and one which is well worthy the conside-
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.
Iher bone, sinew, aud muscle are not in proportion
to 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 highhlooded horse
that mas not descended from the stock viz: the
Oouolphn Arabian, and, generally speaking both bv
dam and sire Gan a strong active, healthy and yieor
Gus horse be reasonably expected by propagaiine
from such near connexions? Every farmer knows the
effect OF crossing an and IN has cattle, sheen &c
bat we seem not to have anticipated the
to the most noble and useful Of animals by the viola
ton OF the law of nature, which fUrbds incestuous
connexions; but it carries with its own corrective
in the slow but certain destruction of the speccs such
being the consequence OF our system, it would seem
strange that we continue to pursue -many attempts
have been made to alter it,-many fine horses have
been imported from England bt4 they have furnished
no remedy for the evil-the English and American
race horse being OF the stock. The difficulty
and enormous expense of obtaining the true -booded
Arabian, has prevented the importation of many OF
them into this country II is affirmed by writers and
travellers that those of the sacred blood las thew
there caled) valued from 500 TO 5000 hounds 81
ling-they considered a consecraed breed de-
signed for the of the Prophet and his ndants
and great prejudice exists to selling them at ALL
Tapin, In his Sporting Dictionary published in 1909
vol. j, page ~, remarks-"tbat they are mostly con.
signed presents TO his Majesty of the ROYAL
Family and their pedigree of their blood is recorded
with as much care and tenacty, the genealogy of
the most Ancient English Nobility" hut, it cshno,
be necessary to cuogze this machless breed of hor.
ses, to recommend them to the American sportsman;
he must know, that it by crossing on this stock
that the sluggish and cold-blooded horse Of England
was converted into the beautiful and high-mettled
courser. 1t is only necessary 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 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, then one year
Old by the Priyaeer Grampus of Baltimore on board
the brig Doris his Britannia Majesys Transport No.
o5U on her passage from Senegal in Africa to Ports.
mouth EnRlau6: yraa infan dol r.
the then Prince Regent now King Of England (Sse
Miles, Weekly Register, rot Uii 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 York; after the purchase, he, through highly
respectable mercantile house in New York. caused an
inquiry to be made of Colonel DroomheId and Mr.
Douglas the superin,endans Of HIS Maiesty's stud At
Hampton Court, by whom he informed, that full
blooded Arabian was shipped in the brig Doris from
Senegal for his Majesty, uDd there doubt Of