Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1831-06-06
WINTER ARABIAN.

~ This beautiful and true Arabian
NYA- Horse, will stand again ct my etable in
SmA4& he county If brunswick abou, fits FIVE
~ 1Y m,es South cf Richmond. and ,iir,r
ol5eA6 three South ofPetcrsbury-iitiecnn n;,h
east OF Brunswick Courthouse, LpwreIcevil,e, and
eighteen north west CT Bellird, and be let 10
mares ut thirty Dolars the season, to be DISCHARGED
by the payment of twenty Dollars nny time dur;n,
the season-ten Dollars the leap, aud City dollars
the insurance, and one Dollar every case TO the
groom. The season will commence the 18th of
February, and terminate the 10Th of july Good
pasturage for mares gratissDd those who wish can
have them we'll fed and strictly attended to at a rea
soaaoe price; but no responsibility for escapes or &C.
cidents - ~
The subscriber consratuatcs the breeders of fine
horses' on the opportunity now offered them of i'm
proving their stock. by valuable cross. That the
American aud English horse has greatly deter
iorated in the last eighty years. is fact that must be
conceded by oil intelligent and candid spor,smen and
that that deterioration has been produced by the
practice of breeding in and in, il is called (.hat
is, from the same stock,) is presumed will also be
admitted After the most diligent inquiry and care
iui investgatioD believe the most successful rails
ers IN Virginia persuaded that an occasional &c
sort to the original stock of oriental horses is rs me-
cessa!y to preserve an improved breed as it was IN
the hEst instance to obtain il; and Ear from the
oect cross not producing the finest animals both 70,
strength speed and beauty, il is capable of proof
and the history ofthe English race horse will demon
state 1t, that the best racers and breeders England
ever mad, were the sons and daughters and at far
thest, the grand sons and grand daughters of the
Arabian: and that they have deprecated 10 pfopor-
lion as they were removed from the e poinis. The
rst evidence would offer, support of the nsser.
ton is, the established weights OF The English course
ulteIent dates, from the time of the introduction
OF the barley Arabian, until the nth of the Go
dolphin Arabian, which included period of about
my years. They were breeding extensively from
oriental horses, including Barbs acd Turks. During
mat entire period, their horses continued TO improve
N speed and bottom, while the weights were greatly
INCREASED; aged horses then Ca rried GO pounds and
with that ran four miles, from seven mnu, es twenty
seconds, TO seven minutes fifty seconds; from that
time say from ITO to I775 TO the DAYS Of Ecpse
| thay discontinued the breeding from the Arabian
and their weights have been gradually decreasing
Or some tracts to 10 pounds and on none beleys
are they higher than 1873 pounds, vet there "a NO,
NV In England or America that can run the
distance IN the same time in which il was forrno,lv
done with their heavy weights The next evidence
Is, the horses themselves. barley Arabian got Fly
ing Chders who is said to have run four miles IN
SIX minutes and forty seconds Flying Childers go,
many fine racers but none that conaled bimseif
Godolphn Arabian got the dam of Eclinse bui
Echpse never got his own equal though he got many
fine racers-viz. Regulus, Volunteer, &c. Recruits
got many champions of the turf but neither ha nor
| his progeny produced another RepuIus Vertumnrs
got bafonet but Baronet got a horse as s,,cH
cessful on the turf himself sire. Volunteer uot
spread Eagle, Sterling, &C., but Sterling and Spread
Eagle never got their own equal, much lees the
equal OF Volunteer. Janus and Fearnought we're
got by Godolphin Arabian. During the DAYS O,
those horses Virginia was famed for fine saddle
horses as we'll as distinguished racers; now it is
almost proverbal, that the blood horse of Virginia
rarely produces fine saddle horse: nor have We
oeheVe single turf horse capable of running fou,
miles with 1853 pounds Uhe former weghis) ir
good time. Our best racers are made bV yonpe
horses carrying light weights; and it is fact, AM
one which is we'll worthy tho consideration Of ra;
sers, that with the present light weights many 9
our fret horses break down in training and YER
few remain longer than two years on tn
turf. Their bone, sDsW, and muscle are no, i
proportion to their and weghtond their legs
ten give wayn training exercise Il is believed liner
is not now in the United States single high bloode
horse that has not descended from the same stocI
VIZ: the Godolphin Arabian, and generally .pcakinr
ooth oy Dam ana sire: Can strong, active, heal,h
ana vigorous horse be reasonably expected hv pro-
Z Pagat'ng from such near connexions? Every iarme
knows the ehi CT crossing IN and in has on cut le
Sheep, &C. but we seem not TO have anticipate ed the
consequence 10 the most noble and useful of animals
by the violation or s of nature, which forbid.
inc suous connexions; but it carries with it its Own
corrective, in the slow but certsn destruction Of the
species Such being the consequence of our system
1t would seem strange that we continue to pursue
flt-Msny attempts have been made to alter il
| many fine horses have been imported from Enplnpd
| but they have furnished remedy for the ey-,be
English and American race horse being of the same
stock The difficulty and enormous expense Of
obtaining the true booded Arabian, has prevented
the importation OF many CT them into this country
!: Is affirmed by writers and travellers that those
OF The sacred blood las they are caled are valued
from 500 to 5000 pounds sterling-ihey are copsd
cred coOsecrated breed, designed fog the use Of
the Prophet q his descendants; and great prejudice
EXISTS to selling them at all. Taplin in his Sport
nc Dictionary published in 1903 vol. /. page a. re.
mar ks.s.that they are mostly consigned as presents
to his Majesty some Of the Royal Family and tbei,
pedigree of their blood recorded with as much care
and tenacy, as the geneology Of the most ancient
English Mobility" But, cannot be necessary to Gu
logic this matchess breed of horses, to recommend
them to the American sportsman; he must know, tba,
it was by crossing this och, that the sluggish ant
cold-booded horse Of England vas converted into
the beautiful and h'gb-mettled courser, It is only
necessary to satisfy him that The WINTER ARA,
BAN ID one or true stcck-so many attempts have
been made to impose on public credulty by pnmlino
on them spurious horses for the Arabian that the
evidence in the true stock should be satisfactory and
conclusive. The Winter Arabian was capturg5 din
ring the lite var of 1914, then one year Old by tho
prIvateer Grampus of Baltimore, on hoard the brig
Doris, his Britannia Mnjesty's Transport, No ESQ
on her passage [frotn Senegal in Afr.ca1 to Ports
mouth in Eng and; and was intended as present for
the then Prince Regent, late King Of England See
Niles Weekly Register, vol VIZ page 1871
! Winter Arabian sold part of the cargo Of