Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1830-04-09
WINTEIl NRABIAN.

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milcs South Of PetcIsbyt9, Is miles Northeast from
Brunswick Courthou.5E TLawrrnccyillc and 10 miles
Northwest from h$%cld, end let To mares Al $40
the season, To- be discharged by the payment of S2u
any titae in the season. aud one dollar 10 olc groom,
in each case. The season to commence the 18Th at
February, and terminate the 18th day OF July. Good
pas,uraye Tor mares furnished gratis; mares well fed
and s'.ictly attended to At a reasonable price, but NO
responsibility Tor escapes or accidents.
the subscriber congratulatcs the breeders Of fine
horscs, ON the opportunity now offered them of I'M
proving their stock, by "a valuable cross.-Ihat the
An rcan and English race horse has greatly deterio-
rated in the hast eighty Years. is fact that must be con-
coded by all intelligent and candid sportsgnen; and
that, that deterioration has been produces by the
practice OF breeding ga aud ~, rs II 10 called, (that is,
from the same s'nck,) 1t IS presumed will also be
admitted. After the most dii'scnt inquiry and careful
investigation, I believe the most successful raisers in
Virginia ale persuaded That an occasional resnr, to the
Original stock OF oriental horses is as necessary to
preserve an improved breed, as it was in the hTs,
instance to obtain il; and so far from the direct cross
not producing the finest animals both foe strength
speed and beauty, il is capable OF proof, and the his.
tory ct the English race horse wall demOnSiCat II,
that the best racers aud breeders England ever had.
were the Sous and daughters, anl at T,rihes;, the
Srard-sons aud granddaughter Of the arabian: and
that they have depreciated J IN proportion as they were
removed from these points. The first evidence I
would otter m support ct the assertion is, tie esta-
bished weights on the English course ut different
dates, from the time of the introduction % 1.-THE barley
ArSbIan, until the death of the Gololphin ATSLian;
which included a period of about Fifty years. They
were breeding extensively fioh oriental horses, in.
their horses continued To improve in speed and bot
tom, while the weights were greatly increased; aged
horses then carried los pounds, and with that they
ran tour miles, from seven minutes twenty seconds, to
seven minutes fifty seconds; from that timc, say from
l1TO To l71S 10 the days of Eclipse, they discontinued
the breeding from the Arabian, and their weigh Is have
been gradually decreasing; on snnpe tracks to ll9
pounds; and on none, I believe, are they higher ts.n
15S pounds, vet there is not nov in England or Arne-
RIGA a racer that can run the distance in the SAT- tirc
ia which It was formerly done with their heavy Weights.
The next evidence Is, the horses themselves. Darl,v
Arabian goi Plying Ch,!lerS, who is said To have run
tour nll,s ln sfN minutes ana forty seconds. Flying
CiiIderS got many iuc racers; but rure that cuual!.d
hIins,lt. GpdoiphjH Arabian got the dam OF Eclipse,
but Eclipse never got his own equal, though lac got
many f"e racSIs-v!z: I.sgulus, Volunteer, sc. Re-
Guius got many champions of the ,urG, -, neither him
nor his progeny produced smother Resu'us. Nrrium.
nus EotIBarunoi, but BSruUet never cot i horse rs
successful on the tuTt AS himself or sue Volunteer
got Spread Eagle, Sterling, SC; but Sterling and
Spread Eagle never got their own equal, much l. IS
the equ.! of Volunteer. Janus and Fearuou:ht were
got by CcdOIphin Arabian; during TIC days Of those
horses, Virginia was famed for fine saddle horses, as
well as distinguished racers; now, it is almost proven.
bal, that the bloc. horse of Virginia rarely produces a
hne saddle horst: nor have We, believe, 4 single turi
horse capable Of running four miles with fGS pounds
lhe former weights in good timr.. Our best racers
are made by young horses carrying light weights; and
X Is a isct, and one which IS well worthy the cunSiic.
ration Of raisers, that with the " sent light weights
many OF oar first horses break down in training, and
very ieF remain longer than two years un the turf.
Their hone, SInew, aud muscle are not in proportion
TO their size and weight--and their legs often give
way IN training exercise. Il IS believed there is not
now m the United States a single lrgh-blooied horse
that has moi descended from tho same stock, viz: the
Godo'Piun Arabian, and, generally speaking, both hy
dam AMI sire. Can q strong, active, hcalth, and ygor.
GUS hOtav be T-'-cUably expected by p.0prCatiug
from such near cOHueN.pus' Etcry farmer knows TIE
- effect OF crossing az 'Hd ga has on cattle, sheen, &c.
but We seem not TO have aUtIdlU,trd tie cuusec,,ence
to the most noble AID useful ct animals, by the VIOLA.
ton OF the law OF nature, which fnrbids incostuous
connexions but it carries with II its own corrective,
~ the slow bat CERTAIN destruction Of the species such
being the consequence OF our system, It would seem
strange that we continue TO pursue mary attempts
have been made to alter it,-m1ny fine horses it,yc
been Imported from England, but they have furnished
no remedy for the cy!-,hc English and American
race hurse being Of The same stock. Tie difficulty
and enormous expense @! obtaining the ttue.biood,d
Arabian, has prevented the importation Of many Of
them INTO ih's country. II is affirmed. by writer's and
travellers, that those Of the sacred blood, as they are
there called are valued from 500 20 5000 pounds stcr.
img-iLey gre considered a cOnsecra'cd breed, de.
signed for thc use Ct the Prophet md his Descendants;
anti = great pr, JUDGE exists TO selling them al all.
Iapiin, in his sporting Dictionary published in 1905,
vol. J, page u, reEIsrEs-"thst they arc mostly con
signed as presents 10 h, Majesty or some Of The ROYAL
Family, and their pedigree 1t their blood IS recorded
with IS much care and t~enictg, as the geneaIogV Of
the most Ancient Ergish Nobility" BUT, it Cannot
be necessary to culOEiZc this m~atciless breed of hrr-
sos. TO recommend them to the American sportsman;
ne must know, that IT was by crossing on This strcL,
that the sluggish and co!l-bloOdcd horse &c England,
was concerted into the beautiful and Ligh-mettled
conT5tr. II IS only necessary satisfy him that the
WINTER ARABIAN is one Of true slock-so many
attempts have been made 20 impose on public crcdrl.
/ " by palming Oh them spurious horses for the IRA.
ban, tnat the evidence Of the true stock should be
satisfactory and conclusive. The Winter Arabian was
/ captured during the late war in 1914, then ore year
Old, by the prtvatcer GTampus OF Baltimore, on board
the brig Doris, his Britannia Majesiy's Transport No.
b3p, on her passage from Senegal in Africa, 10 Ports
mouth IN England: and WAS intended as a present Tor
The then Prince Regent nov King of England. 81,
-Nhs9 Itf6sy Rsgistv, rt ri page lGJ
Winter Arabian was snld as a part Of the cargo of The
captured brig, and was purchased b. Elisha j. Winter,
Esq. then q member Of Congress from the State If
New York. after the purchase, he, through a highly
respectable mercantile house in New YORK, caused an
inquiry 90 be made Of Colonel Broonfrd and sr
Douglas, the superintendent Of Ills Maiesty's stud Al,
l!abpio" Court, by whom lie was informed, That fmI.
bIooded Arabian was shipped in the brig Doris. from
Senegal, for hIs Majesty, uud there was no doubt IF
his being Of the best Arabian stock.-This corrcspon.
dence, with Mr.. Winters certificate, that he r., the
same horse, with many other evidences. are i'm ms
POSSESSION, aud will be cShIbiteI % any gentlemen
VINO wishes TO RAISE from him. Al those who have
seen nm admire bis superiority O. form, beauty AMI
lh'y hardness OF limbs hs Gur, silky, flowing name
ana iaiii elastic and s~pTigh'iy movements; great share