Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1830-05-01
WINTER ARABIAN.

Brunswick Courthouse (Lawrepceyile J and I8 miles
Northwest from Bellheld, and let TO mares ut S25
the season, To be discharged by the payment of S2U
any tine IN the season, and dollar to the groom
IN each case. The season To commence the ! jth of
February, aud terminate tho 18th day of July. Good
r"S"rage Tor mares furnished gratis; well fed
ana surety attended TO At reasonable price, but
responsibility for escapes accidents.
The subscriber coneratula,es the breeders OF fine
horses, on the opportunity now offered them of i'm
proving their stock, by valuable cross.-ihat the
American and English horse has greatly deterio
rated in the last eighty years. fac, that be
eeded by all intelligent and candid sportsmen; and
that that deterioration has been produced by the
practice OF breeding IA aud IN rs it is called Chat is
from the same stock) it is presumed will also be
admit ed. After the mos, digent inquiry and careful
investigation, believe the most successful raisers i'm
Virginia persuaded that AN occasional resort TO the
original stock of oriental horses is as necessary 10
preserve improved breed, as il was in the frs,
instance TO obtain H. and far from the direct cross
not producing the finest animals both for s,rcngt h
specs. and beauty IL 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 sons and daughters, and at Earliest, the
grand sons and granddaughter of the Arabian: and
that they have Deprecated i'm proportion as they were
removed from these points. The first evidence I
would offer III support of the assertion is, the esia
blshcd weights the English course at tiiTercn,
dates from the time Of the introduction i,e harley
Arabian, until the death of the Godulphin Arabian,
which included period OF about fifty years. They
were breeding extensively from oriental horses in
Guiding Barbs and Turks. During that entire pc Rod
their horses continued to improve in speed and bot
tom, while the weights were greatly increased aged
horses then carried l6S pounds, and with that they
ran Tour miles, from seven minutes twenty seconds to
minutes fifty seconds; from that time say from
1910 to lT75 TO the days of Eclipse, they discontinued
the breeding from the Arabian, and their weights have
been gradually decreasing; ON some tracks 20 1i9
pounds; and none, believe, they higher than
lSS pounds yet there is not in England OR Anne
Tica racer that can run the distance in the sane imc
in which was formerly done with their heavy weights
The next evidence is, the horses themselves barley
Arabian got Flying Chldcrs, who is said 10 have run
four miles in SIX minutes and forty seconds Flyirr
Chders got many fine racers but that eQualled
himself. Godophin Arabian got the dam Of Eclpse
but Eclipse never got his own equal, though he got
many hnc raccis-viz: Regulus, Volunteer, &c. Re
guius got many champions of the turf but neither him
nor his progeny produced another Rcgulus Verium-
nus got Baronct, but Dlronet never got horse as
successful on the turf as himself sire. Volunteer
got Spread Eagle, Sterling, &C.; but Sterling and
Spread Eagle never got their equal, much less
the equal OF Volunteer. Janus and Fearnoucht were
got by Godolphin Arabiani during the days of those
horses, Nirg famed for fine S. Idle horses ne
well distinguished racers now il is almost proyer.
bia that the blood horse Of Virginia rarely produces
inc saddle horses nor have We believe, single turf
horse capable OF running four miles With 168 pounds
Vhe former weights III good tme.--Our best racers
are made by young 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 ot our Srst horses break down in training and
very teT remain longer than two years on the turf
Their bone, snew, and muscle are not in promotion
TO their SIZE and wcight--and their legs often give
way training exercise. II is believed thera l. M,
now in the United States single high.bloole borse
that has not descended from the same stock Wis the
Gocoiphn Arabian, and, generally speaking, both I,y
Gam ana sure Can strong, active, healthy and yGor
Gus horse be reasonably expected by propaEaiinc
from such near connexions! Every farmer knows tile
effect OF crossing IN aud IN has cattle, sheen &c
out we seem not 10 have anticipated the consequence
to the most noble and useful of animals by the viola
ton Of the law of nature, which forbds incestuous
concessions; but It carries with il its corrective,
in the slow but certain destruction Of the speccs such
oenS the consequence OF our system, il would seem
strange that we continue to pursue it-Inany atcmpts
have been made TO alter it,-many iine horses have
been imported from England, but they have furnished
no remedy for the eril-the English and American
race horse being of the same stock. The difficulty
and enormous expense ct obtaining the true blooded
Arabian, has prevented the importation Of many of
them into this country. II is affirmed by writer's ard
travellers that those Of the sacred blood fa thcv are
there caed valued from 500 to 5000 hounds s,er
hnS-ihey are considered a consecrated breed de-
signed for the Of the Prophet and his descendants
and great prejudice exists to selling them at all
IapiIn, IN his Sporting Dictionary published in 1905
VOL ], page az, remarkS-"that they are mostly con.
signed as presents to his Majesty of the Roys
Family, and their pedigree of their blood is recorded
with rs much care and tenacity, the genealogy of
the most Ancient English Nobility" But, it canno,
be necessary to eulogize this matcess breed of hor
ses, to recommend them TO the American sportsman.
he must know, that it was by crossing on this stock
that the sluggish and cod-bluoded horse Of England
was converted into the beautiful and high-mettled
SouIscT u Is only necessary TO satisfy him that the
WINTER ARABIAN is one of true stock-so MANY
attempts have been made to impose public cre,luli-
ty by paIming on 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 war in 1914 then one wear
old, by the Privateer Grampus of Baltimore, on board
The brig DORIS bis Britannia Majesty's Transport No
o5O, or her passage from Senegal in Africa 10 Ports
mouth in England and wa intended present for
The then Prince Regent, King Of England (Sec
-NHss Wtety Register, rot Ui. page l6)
Winter Arabian vas 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 in New York caused an
inquiry to be made of Colonel Broomfeld and Mr.
Douglas, the superln,endans Of Ills Maestys stud AT
hampton Court by whom he informed that full.
FLOODED Arabian was shipped in the brig Doris, from
senegal tor his Majesty, und there was no doubt Of
las being of the best Arabian Stock-This correspou
dence with Mr. Winters certificate, that hc is the
same horse, with many other evidences. are in my
possession, and will be exhibited to any gentleman
who wishes TO raise from him. All those who have
seen Inn, admire his superiority of FORM beauty and
h0V hardness OF limbs; lis fine, silky, flowing name
anu YAH; elastic and sprghty movements; great share
Oi bone and muscle; indeed the Onv obicction