Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1831-04-02

Wh NAtfbN wv ~ iN SldOlt III lie
xzt ~ at brunswick, about ffty.ive miles
~ South of Richmond, and ,hirty.,hree
~a8 South of Pet~ersburg-fttecn north. cast
of Brunswick Courthouse, Lawrenceville. and eight
teen northwest OF Bel6eid, and be let to mares at
thirty Dollars the season, to be discharged by the pay
ment of twenty Dollars any time during the season.
ten Dollars the leap, and fifty dollars the insurance,
and one Dollar in every case TO the groom. The sea-
son will commence the 18th of February, and termi-
nate the 10th of July. Good pasturage for mares
gratis-sud those who wish, can have them well fed
and strictly attended to at a reasonable price; but no
responsibility for escapes or accidents.
The subscriber congratulates the breeders OF fine
horses, on the opportunity now offered them of I'M
proving thcir stock, by a valuable cross. That the
American and English race horse has greatly deter
iora,ed in the last eighty years, is n fact that must be
conceded by all intelligent aud candid sportsmcn; and
that, that deterioration has been produced by the
practice of breeding IN and IN, as IT is called. (that
IS, from the same stock IT is presumed will also be
admitted. AT CT thu most dil'grnt inquiry and care.
tul investigation, | believe the most successful raIsi
cs IN Virginia are pursucded that an occasional re-
sort TO the original stock OF oriental horses is as ne
cessary TO preserve an improved breed, as it was in
the first instance 10 obtain Vt; aud So far from the
direct cross not producing the finest animals both for
strength, speed and beauty. it is capable of proof,
and the history of the English race horse will demon
strate II, that the best racers and breeders England
ever had, were the sons and daughters, and at far
thcst, the grand sons and grand daughters of the
ArubIan: and that they have DEPRECATED in propor-
ton as they were removed from these points. The
first evidence | would offer, in support of the asscr-
ton is, the established weights on The English course
ut different dates, from the time of the introduction
of the barley Arabian. until the death of the Go
dolphin Arabian; which included n period of about
fifty years. They were breeding extensively from
oriental horses, including Barbs and Turks. During
that entire period, their horses continued to Improve
in speed and bottom, while the weights were greatly
r;Heasc6 aged horses then carr cd lG8 pounds. and
VIZ. y at ran four miles, from seven minutes twenty
snCCsSS. 10 seven minutes fifty seconds; from that
-. $50. s@, y-An - - - 5000 4 4,
they discontinued the breeding from the Arab an.
and their weights have been gradually decreasing:
on some tracks to 40 pounds; and on none, I believe,
ere they higher than 1873 pounds; vet there 4, moi
now IN Eng!aud or America a racer that can run the
distance III the same time III which i, was Formerly
done with their heavy weights. The next evidence
is, the horses themselves. barley Arabian 90, Fly
Ing Childers, who is said 10 have run four miles in
SIX minutes aud forty seconds Flying Chhdcrs rot
many fine racers; but mono that rq,ialIed himself
Gudolphin Arabi,n got the dam of Eclipse, bn,
Eclipse never got his own equal, though he got many
fine racers-vz; FeguluS, Volunteer, &c. Rcculus
got many champions Of the turf, but neither HIM nor
his progeny produced another Regulcs. Vcrtumnus
got Baronet, but Daronet never got a horse as suc.
cessful On the turf as himself or sire. Volunteer 90,
Spread Eagle, Sterling, &C.; but Sterling and Spread
Eagle never got their own equal, much less the eo,,aI
of Volunteer. Janus and Fearnought were got py Go.
dolphin Arabian. During thu days of those horses, yir.
ginia was famed for fine saddle horses, as we'll as
distinF uished racers; now, II is almost proverbiaI, that
the blood horse Of Virginia rarely produces a fine
saddle horse: nor have we, believe, a single
horse capable of running four miles with
l6S pounds (he former weights in good time.
Our best races are made by young horses CARVING
weights; and it is a fact. and one which is we1
worthy the consideration of raisers, that with the pre-.
light weights many of our first horses break down
in training, and very few remain longer than two wears
on the turf. Their bone, sinew, and muscle are not in
to their size and weigh;-and their legs of.
ten give way in training exercise. II is believed there
is not now in the United States a single hich,bIood.d
horse that has not descended from the same stock. viz.
The Godolphin Arabian. and generally speaking. bothhy
lam and sire Can a strong, active, healthy and yipor.
ous horse be reasonably expected by propagatinef from
near connexions? Every farmer knows the fife,
;rossing in and in has on cattle, sheep, &c; but we
eem not to have anticipated the consequence to the
most noble and useful of animals. by tn violation of the
aw of nature, which forbids iHces,uous Connexions.
1ut 1t carries with ii its own corrective, in the slow but
certain destruction Of The species. Such being the con.
sequence Of our system, i, would seem strange that
we continue to pursue it Many attempts have been
made to alter it-many fine horses have been importedi
rom England, hut they have furnished no remedy for
he evIl-;he English and American race horse being
the same stock. The difficulty and enormous ex.
1ensc of obtaining the true-bloUded Arabian, has nre-
vented the importation Of many cf them into this
country. II is affirmed by writer's and travellers, tina,
those of the sacred blood, las they are Called are val.
u d from 500 to 5000 pounds ~s,erling-,hey are con.
sldered a consecrated breed, designed for the use of
the Prophet and his descendants; and a great preju-
exists to selling them at all. Taplin, in his sport.
ing Dictionary published in 1905, vol. !, page u, re
they are mostly consigned as presents
to his Majesty or some of the Royal Family, and their
of their blood is recorded with as much care
aud teuacity, as the gencalogy Of the most ancient
Engiis..: Nobihty." But, i, canno. be necessary to ell.
logic this m~atciIcss ereed VI horses, to recommend
them to the American sportsman; he must know, tia,
it was by crossing on this stock, that the sluggish and
horse ct England, was converted into
the beautiful and ~high-mettled couGser. II is only ne
ccssary to satisfy him that the WINrER ARABIAN
is one of true stocs-so many attempts have been
80 trpnpcn an D. .-lT.. L.
them spurious horses for the Arabian, that the evidence
in the true stock should be satisfactory and conclusive.
The Winter Arabian was captured during the late war
Of 1911, then one year old, by the privaicer Grampus
of BAltin ore, OH board the brig Doris, his Britannia
Majesty's Transport, No. $50, on her passage from
Senegal in Africa to Portsmouth in England; and was
intended as a present for the then Prince Regent, late
King of England. iSee Niles Weekly lIegls,er, vol.
vii. page 49,
Winter Arabian was sold as o part of the cargo Of
the captured brig, and was purchased by Elisha J.
Winter Esq. then Il member Of Congress from The
State Of New York; after the purchase, he through a
hluhiy respectable mercantile house IN New York