Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1830-05-21
WINPER ARABIAN.

Northwest from Bcll6eid- and lot to mares at Sos
the seasons TO be discharged by the payment of S2O
any lime in The season. aud one dollar TO the groom
in each case. The seasonto commerce the 5th of
February, and terminate the 18th day OF July. Good
rasturage for furnished gratis well fed
and strictly attended to reasonable price, but no
responsibility for escapes or accidents.
The subscriber congratulates 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 race horse has greatly deterio
rated IN the last eighty years, is fact that must be
coded by all intelligent and candid sportsnen; and
that, that deterioration has been produced by the
practice ct breeding IA aud @ as IL Is called, Chat Isl
from the same stock,) it is presumed will also be
admitted After the mos, dilgent inquiry and careful
investigation, believe the most successful raisers in
Virginia are persuaded that occasional TO the
original stock of oriental horses is as necessary TO
preserve improved breed, as it was in TIE first
instance to obtain it, and far from the direct
not producing the finest animals both for strength,
speed and beauty, it is capable of proof and the his.
tory of the English horse will demonstrate il,
that the best racers and breeders England ever had
were the and daughters, and ut farthest, the
grard.sons and grand.daughters Of the Arabian and
that they have deprecated in proportion they were
removed from these points The FIRST evidence !
would offer in support of the assertonis, the esa-
bhshed weights on the English course at different
dates, from the time of the introduction it harley
Arabian, until the death of the Godolphin Arabian:
which included period of about fifty years. They
were breeding extensively from oriental horses in.
GLIDING Bsrbs and Turks During that entire period,
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 four miles, from minutes twenty seconds 20
seven minutes fifty seconds from that time, say from
l7T0 to l775 To the days Of Eclipse, they discontinued
the breeding from the Arabian, ard their weights aYe
been gradually decreasing; some tracks to ilg
pounds; and none, believe, are they higher than
lSS pounds yet there is not in England or Anne
RIGA racer that can run the distance in the time
in which formerly done with their heavy Fights
The next evidence is, the horses themselves barley
Arabian got Flying Chlders, who is said 10 have run
four miles in six minutes and forty seconds. Flying
Chders got many fine racers but none that equallcd
himself. GOdolphin Arabian got the dam OF Eclipse,
but Eclipse never got his equal, though he got
many lne racers-yIz: Regulus, Volunteer, &c. Re-
Guius got many champions of the turf but neither him
nor his progeny produced another Regulus. Vertun.
nus got Baronet, but Barnuet never got a horse rs
successful on the turf as himself sire Volunteer
got Spread Eagle, Sterling, &C.; but Sterling and
Spread Eagle never got their own equal, much less
tue equal o. Noiunieer. Janus and Eearnought were
got b. GuGclyhin Arabian; during the days 81 those
hcrses Virginia was famed for fine saddle horses as
well Distinguished racers; now, it is almost proyer.
bal that the blood horse OF Virginia rarely produces
line saddle horse: nor iiave we, believe, single turi
horse capable OF running Npur miles with 16G pounds
(tHe former weights. Ia good tirueOUr best racers
are made by young horses carrying light weights and
II IS fact. and one which well worthy the consile
ration OF rdsers, 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
Their bono, sRcw, and muscle are not in nroportion
way in training, exercise 1t is believed there is not
in the United States n single high-biooded horse
that has not descended from the stock viz: the
'GGtolpHn Arabian, and generally speaking, both by
dam and sire Can "A strong, active healthy and viror
Gus horse be reasonably expected by pEopagatiug
from such near connexions! Every farmer knows the
effect Of crossing IN and has cattle, sheep, &C.
but we not TO have anticipated the quence
to the most noble and useful Of animals by the yol
ton Of the law Of nature, which fDrbds ncestuons
come Ons; but il carries With IT its own corrective
IN tilp ,,Tt
being the consequence OF our system, it would seem
strange that We continue 20 pursue it,nany attempts
have been made t" alter t,-many fine horses have
been imported from England but thew have furnished
remedy for the eyil-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 writers and
travellers that those of the sacred blood as they are
there cailed valued from 500 to 5000 mounds stcr.
hng-ihey are considered consecrated breed, de-
signed Tor the OF the Prophet and his desCe
and great prejudice exists to selling them at all
TapIn, in his Sporting Dictionary published in 1905
vol. i, page ~ remaTks-that they are mostly con.
signed presents his Majesty or some Of the ROYAL
Family, and their pedigree Of their blood is recorded
with much care and tCnaCIty, the genealogy of
the most Ancient English Nobility" ABdt, it cannot
be necessary to euoglze this matchess 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 cod-blOoded horse of England
converted into the beautiful and high-nettlcd
cOuTSeF. u IS only necessary 70 satisfy him that the
WINTER ARABIAN is one of true stock-so many
attempts have been made to impose public crcdul-
ty by paiming 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 ia 1914, then one year
old, by the p'yateer Grampus Of Baltimore on board
the brig Doris, his Britannia MaJestys Transport No.
oJJ on her passage from Senegal in Africa TO Ports
mouth in Engiand' and was intended present for
the then Prince Regent now King Of England (Ses
Mics Weekly RcgiHer, not. Uii page lCA
Winter Arabian was sold part of the cargo Of tie
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 Broomfield and Mr.
Douglas, the superintendent of Ills Maicsty's stud AT
Hampton Court, by whom he informed, that a full.
blooded Arabian was shipped in the brig Doris, from
Senegal, for his Majesty, und there doubt of
his being Of the best Arabian stOckThs correspon.
dcnce, with Mr.. Winters certificate. that lie is the
same horse, with many other evidences. are in my
possession, and will be exhibited TO any gentleman
who wishes 10 raise from him Al those who have
seen him, admire his superiority Of form, beauty and
hnty hardness Of limbs; his fine, silky, flowing name
and tail; elastic and sprghty movements great share