Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1831-04-11

ND nth of PetersSurI-iftern north cas-,
of Brunswick Courthouse, Lawrenccvle, anil eight
teen northwest OF Be6eld, and be let To mares at
thirty Dollars the season, be discharged by the pay
mcnt of twenty Dollars any time during the season.
ten Dollars ;hc leap and fifty dollars the insurance
and Dollar in every case TO the groom. The
will commence the 18th of February, and termi.
nate the 10th of July. Good pasturage for mares
gratis-and those who wish, have them we'll fed
and strictly attended TO at reasonable price, but
responsibility for escapes or accidents.
The subscriber cpnmrntulaeS the breeders of fine
horses, on the opportunity offered them of mn
proviig their stock. by valuable cross. That the
American and English race horse has greatly deter
cd in the last eighty years. fact that must be
conceded by all intelligent and candid spor,smrn and
that that deterioration las beca produced bv the
practice of breeding IA anil IN, as 1t called. tha
is, from the sutk,) is presumed will also be-
admitted Al or the most digent inquiry and
iul investigation, believe the successful rails
crs in Virginia pursuadcd that an occasional re-
sort The original stock OF horses Is as nc
ccssary To preserve improved breed as was IN
the first instance to obtain u; and far from the
direct not producing the finest aumals BOT Tor
strength. speed and beauty, it capable OF proof.
and The history of the Eugllsh horse will demon-
stratc II, thar the best racers and breeders England
ever had, the sons and daughters, and a, far
theSt the grand sons and grand daughters of the
Arabian: aud that they have DEPRECATED III prupor-
ton as they removed from these points. Thr
first evidence | would offer in supper, of the asspr-
IL, the established wcghIs The English corrs,
al different dates, from the time of the ntroduc'lo
Of the barley Arabian. until the death of the Go
dolphin Arabian; which included a period of about
fifty years. They were breeding extensively from
oriental horses including Barbs and Turks During
that entire period their horses continued 70 improve
IN speed and bottom, while the weights were greatly
nVeasek aged horses then carried l68 puuaLS aud
Sh' >. al ran four miles, from minutes jwcn'y
sccrIs 10 seven minutes fifty seconds: from that
TIM. say from 1870 tn 1875 to the DAYS If Echp>c
they discontinued tho breeding from the Arab a,
! ,,,xl,H ,.l,.nfl
som" tracks to llo pounds; and on none. bcMc,c
are they higher than i35 pounds; Vet there l. moi
now Ia Eng and or America tnat can run Ia,
distance IN The same time III which II Formerly
done with their heavy weights. The next evidence.
Is, the horses themselves. barley Arabian rot Fiv-
ing Chl'ders who Is SAID To have ran four miles II.
SIX nutcS and forty seconds Flying Chilt!,r- ~,
many line racers but none that ,quslied himself
G"Gophln Arabian got the dan OF Eclipse. bat
Eclipse never rot his own equal. though h., ,rnr uonv
fine rac,rS--yz Regnu~, Volunteer, &c RrcuIu.
got many champions Ut the turf but neither him nor
his progeny produced another Regu!cs. Ncrtumnus
got Baronet, but Baronet never got horse as sue.
cessful on the turf himself sire. Voun,ee, pot
Spread Eagle, Sterling, &c; but Sterling and Spread
Eagle never got their own equal, much less the eDi,I
ni Volunteer. Janus and Fcsrnought were got by Go.
dolphin Aabian. During the days of those horses yir
EInIa vas famed Tor fine saddle horses, as well A.
listing nished now, ii il almost pruyerral that
the blood horse Of Virginia rarely produces a fine
saddle horse: nor have we, neheve, a single
tUFf morse capable OF running four miles with
100 pounds Che former weights in goud time.
Our best made by Young horses CARVING,
light weights; and it is fact, and which is w.ii
worthy the consideration of rasers that with the pre
sent light weights many of our first horses break down
training, and very few remain longer than two wears
on the turf. Their bone, sinew, and muscle are not in
proportion t" their size and weSht-aad their legs Of
ten give IN training exercise. II rs believed there
is not in the United States a single hiph.bocLed
horse that has descended from the same stock viz
the Godolphin Arabian and Benerly speaking bobby
dam and sire C"n strong, active, healthy and vicor
Gus horse be reisUnIb'y expected by proDagatnr from
such near connexions Every farmer knows the ,C;.r
crossing in and in has CATTLE sheep &c; but we
seem not To have anticipated the consequence TO the
most noble and useful of animals by tn violation of the
law of nature, which for5ids incesiuous Connexions
bat it carries with IL its corrective in the slow but
Certain destruction Of the species. Such being the con-
sequence OF our system, it would strange that
We continue TO pursue t-Many attempts have been
made to ter it-many fine horses have bee n impored
rom England, hut they have furnished no remedy for
he ey-;he English and American race horse being
If the stock. The difficulty and enormous y, |
pcnse OF obtaining the true.booded Arabian has ,r..
vented the importation Of many IF them into th;,
Iuniry. 1t is affirmed by writers and travellers ,,
taose OF the sacred blood (as they called are val
ucd from SUI to 5000 pounds sieiIIrg-ihey arc CON
sidcred consecraed breed designed for the use nf
the Prophet and descendants; and great preiu
dice exists to selling them at ali TapTn in his Snnr,
ing Dictionary published in lGo3, vol 1, page a. re
marKS-'!hat they are mostly consigned az presents
to BIS Majesty or some Of the Royal Family and their
pedigree al their blood is recorded with as much care
and tenarty, rs the geucaogy Of the most auc;en,
English Nobility" But, cauno. be necessary to en-
logze this matchiess breed of horses, to recommend
them 20 the American sportsman; he mus, know. ,i
1t was by crossing OIL this stock that the sluggish and
cold-5Ioodei horse OF England, Was converted INFO
the beautiful and bigh-meted coufser II is oui, mo-
cessary to satisfy him that the WINTER ARABIAN
Is one OF true siock-so many attempts have been
made to impose on public creduliy by palmng on
them spurious horses for the Arabian, that the evidence
- the true stock should be satisfactory and conclusive
The Winter Arabian captured during the late var
OF III then one year Old, by the prvacer Grsmpus
OF Baltn ore, on beard the brig Doris, his Bri,arnic
MsJesy's Transport, No. ESQ., on her passage iron,
senegalln Africa, to Portsmouth in England and Was
intended as present for the then Prince Regent, late
King OF England. See Niles Weekly Register, vol
vii page 49,
Winter Arabian was sold part Of the cargo of
the captured brig, aud was purchased Jy Elisha !
Winter Fro. then member Of Congress from me
state OF New york. after the Purchase, he through
Mighty respectable mercantile housc IN New York
caused al inquiry 30 be made of Colonel BrooinGeId
aud Mr.: Douglas, supcrnendants of Ills Majcsty's
stud at Hampton Court, by whom he was informed
that fuII-boodtd Arabian was shipped IN the brlg