Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1830-05-24

WIS beautiful and true Arabian Stallion will stand
at my stable, in the county of Brunswick, 3s
miles South Of Petersburg, Is miles Northeast from
Brunswick Courthouse. Lawrcncevilic,) and 10 miles
Northwest from sBell6cld, and let to mares at Sos
the season, to he Discharged by the payment of $2
any time IN the season. and dollar the groom,
IN each case. The season to commence the l5,h of
Fehrusry, and terminate the 18th day Of July. Good
p~sturage for mares furnished grsts well fed
and strictly attended TO at RESPONSIBLE 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.-That the
American and English horse has greatly detero-
rated IN the last eighty years. fact that be
coded by all intelligent and candid sportsmen; and
that, that deterioration has been produced by the
practice of breeding and IN Us it is called (t.t is
from the same stock,) It is presumed will also be
admitted. After the most diligent inquiry and careful
investigation, believe the most successful raisers in
Virginia are persuaded that occasional resort the
original stock Of oriental horses is Ms necessary to
preserve an improved breed, as it was in the frs,
instance 70 obtain IL; and far from the direct cross
not producing the finest animals both for streng th
speed and beauty, it is capable of proof. and the his
tory of the English race horse will demonstrate it,
that the best racers and breeders England ever had
were the sons and daughters, and at far,hest, the
grandsons and grand daughters of the Arabian: aud
that they have deprecated in proportion they were
removed from these points. The Ii At evidence I
would offer in support OF the assertion is the esta
bhshed weights on the English at different
la
Arabian, until the death of the Godolphin Arabian:
which included period of about fifty years. They
were breeding extensively from orientxl horses in
GLIDING Barbs and Turks. During that entire PERIOD
Their horses continued to improve in speed and bot
tom. while the weights greatly increased; aged
horses then carried 16S pounds. and with that they
ran four miles, from seven minutes twenty seconds to
seven minutes fifty seconds: from that time say from
l770to 1775 to the days of Eclipse, they discontinued
the breeding from the Arabian and their weights have
been gradually decreasing; some tracks to 1l9
pounds; and on none, believe, are they higher than
Isl pounds yet there is not i'm England or Anne
RIGA that run the distance in the sane time
in which 1t was formerly done with their heavy weights
The next evidence is, the horses the mselves Darley
Arabian got Fly ng Childers, who is said have run
four miles IN siN minutes and forty seconds FLYING
Chders got many fine racers but none that equalIed
himself Godolphin Arabian got the dam of Eclipse.
hut Eclipse never Sot his own equal, though he got
many hne racers-vz: Reguus, Volunteer, &C. Re
gulus got many champions OF the turf but neither him
nor his progeny produced another Reguus. Nertum
nus got Baronet, but Baronet never got a horse as
successful on the turf himself OF sire Volunteer
got Spread Eagle, Sterling. &c; but Sterling and
Spread Eagle never got their own equal, much less
the equal ct Volunteer. Janus and Fesrnought were
got by todolphn Arabian; during the days of those
horses, Virginia famed for fine saddle horses as
well as distinguished racers; new, it is almost proven
bal that the blood horse of Virginia rarely produces
fine saddle horse: have we, believe, a single turf
horse capable of running four miles With 1853 pounds
(the former weights in good time. Our best racers
it is fact and one which is well worthy the eonside
ration ut raisers that with the present light weights
many of first horses break down i'm training and
very few remain longer than two years on the turf
Their bone, sinew, and muscle not ii proportion
to their size and weight-and their legs often give
way in training exercise. 1t is believed there is not
now in the United States single high booded horse
that has not descended from the stock viz: the
Godolphn Arabian, and, generally speaking, both by
dam and sire. Can strong active healthy and vigor.
Gus horse be reasonably expected by propagating
from such near connexions? Every farmer knows the
effect OF crossing IN and IN has on cattle sheen SC
but We seem not TO have anticipated the consequence
to the most noble and useful OF animals by the vios
ton OF the law OF nature, which forbids ncestuous
connexions; but 1t Carries with it its corrective
IN the slow but certain destruction of the Species such
being the consequence of system, il would seem
strange that We continue to pursue it-nany attempts
have been made to alter n,-many fine horses have
been imported from England but they have furnished
no remedy for the evil--the English and American
race horse being OF the same stock. The difficulty
and enormous expense of obtaining the Ifue 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 las they
there called valued from 500 TO 5000 pounds
hng-they are considered a consecrated breed, de.
signed for the of the Prophet and his
and great Tne judice exists to selling them at all
Taplin, in his Sporting Dictionary published in 1905
vol i, page AZ, remsrks-"ihat they are mostly con-
signed presents to his Majesty some of the
Family, and their pedigree of their blood is recorded
Will 40 muCu tenacNy as the gcDeaiOCy of
the most Ancient English Nobility" But, it canno,
be necessary TO euogize this mstchess 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
was converted into the beautiful and hipb.mettled
eourser 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 credul
ty by pa'ming on them spurious horses for the Ara.
bian, that the evidence OF the stock should be
satisfactory and conclusive. The Winter Arabian was
captured during the late in 1914 then one year
old, by the privaeer Grampus Of Baltimore, on board
the brig Doris his Britannia Majestys Transport No.
$50, on her passage from Senegal in Africa, to Ports
mouth in England: and intended as present for
the then Prince Regent, King of England (Ses
Niles Weekly Register, roll ri, page i6)
Winter Arabian sold part of the cargo of the
captured brig, and 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 10 New York, caused an
inquiry TO be made Of Colonel Broon,field aud Mr.
Douglas, the superinendants of His Msestys stud at
Hampton Court, by whom he informed, tina, full
blooded Arabian was shipped in the brig Doris, from
Senegal, for his Majesty, und there no doubt of
his being Of the best Arabian sock.-Ths correspou.
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