Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1830-06-09
WINTER ARABIAN.

nhcs ooutn oi fctersuQfR, 10 Ulles Northeast from
brunswick Courthouse. tLawrcucevillc aud % miles
Northwcs, f:r'm BcllGcid and let to mares ut Ss5
the season, to be discharged by the payment of $2u
any time IN the season, and dollar the groo.
M each case. The season TO commence the 18th Of
February and terminate the 18th day Of July. Good
pasturaHe Tor mares furnished gratis; mares well fed
and strictly attended to at reasonable price, but no
responsibility Tor escapes accidents.
The subscriber congratnlatrs the breeders of fine
horses, ON the opportunity now offered them of i'm.
proving their stock, by valuable cross.--Thst the
red in the last eighty years. fact tina, must be con.
coded by oil intelligent and candid srortsmen; and
that that Deterioration has been produced, by the
practice OF breeding ia cad m as il il called (that is
from the same stock,) il is presumed will also he
admitted. After the tliligen, inquiry and careful
investigation, believe the successful raisers i'm
Virginia persuaded that r, sort TO the
original stock of oriental horses is as necessary to
preserve an improved breed, as it vas in the first
instance to obtan it; and far from the direct cross
not producing the finest animals both for strenp tn
speed and beauty, is capable of proof and the his
tory Of th. English horse viii demonstrate it,
that the best racers and breeders England ever had
were the sons and daughters, and Mt far,hcs, the
grand and grand daughters of the Arabian: and
that they have deprecated proportion as they we're
removed from these points. The IL, evidence
would offer in support of the assertion is the es,a-
oiisNed weights on the English course Mt diifereu,
dates from the time of the introduction iti arley
Arabian, until the death of the Gotolphin At.b;an
when included period OF about fifty years. They
were breeding extensively from oriental horses in.
Guiding Daros and Turks. During that entire period
.her horses continued to improve in speed and hot.
,on' whe the weights were greatly increased; aged
horses then carried 1913 pounds, and with that thev
ran four miles, from minutes twenty seconds to
seven minutes fifty seconds from that time saw from
oto l175 to the days ut Eclipse, they discontinued
The breeding from the Arabian and their weights have
been gradually decreasing; ON some tracks to ITO
pounds; aud on none. believe, are they higher than
10 pounds; yet there is not in England or Anne
ca racer that can run the distance in the same time
IN which II formerly done with their heavy we;qh,a
The next evidence is, the horses themselves Darl.v
ARABIAN got Flying Chlders, who is said to have run
tour miles M six minutes and forty seconds FIv;pg
Chiiders got many fine racers but none that eou.,lcS
himself. GodolPhin Arabian got the dam of Eclipse
ou' I1"pse never Bot ms own equal, though he got
many me racefs-vlz: Reguias Volunteer, SC. Re
guius cot many champions of the turf but neither him
nor ms progeny produced onother Reguus Vertum
nus go, bafonet' but Baronet never got a horse as
successful on the turf as himself sire. Volunteer
so' spread Eagle, Sterling, &c; but Sterling and
Spread Eagle never got their own equal, much |. 50
the equal OF Volunteer. Janus and Fearnouyht We're
got oy odoiphin Arabian; during the days OF those
horses, virginia famed for fine saddle horses NO
well as distinguished racers; now it is almost proven
bia that the blood horse of Virginia rarely produces
hne saddle horse: nor have we, believe, a single turf
morse capable OF running four miles it'll 1853 mounds
(the former Weights in good time. Our best racers
are made by young horses carrying light weights: and
1t IS FACT and one which is well worthy the consde
ration ct raisers that with the present light w;gb,s
many OF our first horses break down in training and
very rev remain longer than two years on the turf
ihef bone, sinew, and muscle are not in .oroporton
20 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 boodet borse
that has not descended from the same stock viz. the
Ioooiphin Arabian, and, generally speaking, both by
a'u anu SIRE Gan strong, active, healthy and vicor.
Gus horse be reasonably expected by nronap,,;nn
from such near come Xions? Every farmer knows ,he
smeGt OF crossing IN and m has on cattle, sheep, &c.;
out we seem not to have anticipated the conseoence
to the most noble and useful of animals bv the VOL
tion OF the law OF nature, which furbids incestuous
connexions put 1t carries with it its own corrective
got 81.
oeinB the consequence OF our system it would seem
strange that we continue TO pursue it,-many attemnts
nave oeen made to alter it,-many fine horses have
been imported from England, but they have f,rn;sb.d
no remedy for the evil--the English and Amer,c
race horse being OF the same stock Tho daicuhv
ana enormous expense of obtaining the true blooded
Arabian, has prevented the importation Of NAM &c
them INTO this country 1t is affirmed by writer's and
travellers, that those of the sacred blood ms th.v
,here cai!ed are valued from 500 to 5000 pounds ser
are considered a consecra,ed hread Il
signed tor the use of the Prophet and his
and great prejudice exists to selling them nj .I
aphn' In his Sporting Dictionary published in 1908
sol. l, page ~, remarks-"ihat they mostly con.
signed as presents TO his Majesty or some of the Row.
Family, and their pedigree of their blood IS recorded
WIN as much care and tenacity as the pene.looy &c
he most Ancient English Nobility" But, it csI.no,
be necessary to euogize this machless breed of bnr
SEES, to recommend them to the American snortsmsn
he must know, that it by crossing on this stnck
that the sluggish and cold-blooded horse of Rnp,nd
was converted into the beautiful and HIGH ma,,iJ
WIN EN- ARABIAN is one Of true stock-so MANY
attempts have been made to impose on public creduj.
ny pa'mng on them spurious horses for the Ara. |
oan, tnat the evidence OF the true stock should be
and conclusive The Winter Arabian wss
captured during the late in 1914 the n one wear
DID, by the privateer Grampus Of Baltimore on board
ele brig Doris, his Britannia Maesys Transport No.
ooo on her passage from Senegal in Africa to Por,s
mouth IN England: and was intended as a present for
n. ,neh prnce Regent, now King of England (See
"hes peekty Reg,Ster, rOL pare ICY
w inter Arabian sold a part of The c,-oo &c Al,
captured brig and was purchased by Elisha j. Winter.
Esq. ,hen a member OF Congress from the State of
New York; after the purchase he. throuch a h;nh,,
respectable mercantile house 10 New York caused an
inquiry TO be made of Colonel Broomfield and MIR
douglas, the superintendent Of His Msiesty,s aud az
hampton Court, by whom he informed that full
s'ooued Arabian was shipped in the brig Doris from
senegal tor his Majesty, und there was no donbt oc
nus beng OF the best Arabian stock-This corresnon.
renee, with Mr. Winters certificate, that he is the
.e uo.se' w'h many other evidences. are in nv
possession, and will be exhibited 10 anv gen,io 10y
VINO WISHES to raise from him All those who have
zen n'' admire his superiority of form, beauty and
unity hardness of limbs. Cnc eli '''