Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1831-03-15

at different Uates, from the Iime of the int roa,;
OF the barley Arabian. until the death of the c.
dolphin Arabian; which included n period of ,bon,
hy years They were breeding extensively fron
oriental horses, including Barbs and Turks Dnr;nn
hat entire period, their horses continued to
IN speed and bottom, while the weights were greatly
increased; aged horses then carried io3 pounds and
with That ran four miles, from seven minutes wen,
seconds, to seven minutes fifty seconds; from thai
tlne say from ITO to l775 to the DAYS of Eclipse
they discontinued the breeding from the Arabian.
a,'u .neir weights have been gradually decreasing:
Oh some tracks to 10 pounds and on none believe
are they higher than 1873 pounds; yet there Is not
1o"in England or America a racer that can run the
Instance a IN the same time in which it was formerly
uohe WIN their heavy weights. The next evidences.
ls the horses themselves Darlcy Arabian On, NJ,
ing Childers, who is said to have run four miles in
SIN minutes and forty seconds Flying Cbilders oot
many hne racers; but none that equaed hinself
GodoiPhn Arabian got the dam of Ec,pse bu,
Eclipse never got his own equal, though he got MANY
fine racers-v'z; Regulus, Volunteer, &c. Reonlms
got many champions of the turf, but neither him nor
his progeny produced another Repulus Vertnn. NC
got baronet, but Baronet never got horse as sue .
cesSfu on the turf himself or sire Volunteer on,
Spread Eagle, Sterling, &c.; but Sterling and sprea,i
never got their own equal much less the equal
OF volunteer. Janus and Fearnought were got by Co.
dolphin Arabian During the days of those horses Viz
GINA was famed for fine saddle horses as well "a
distinf ushed racers now, is almost proverbs, tha,
the blood horse of Virginia rarely produces = fSne
s sars h morse; nor have we, I believe, single
1 iss morse capable OF running four miles With
Our best races made by young horses carrv;n,.
light weights; and it is fact, and one which ;s w.S
Mo,ny te consideration OF raisers, that with the pre-.
sent ght weights many of our first horses break dow,
IN training, and very few remain longer than two
on the turf Their bone, sinew and muscle are NOT in
proportion to their size and weighand their legs Of
ten give way in training exercise 1t is believed fbere
s not now in the United States single hiph>boode5
horse that has not descended from the same stock .
me eodoph'n arabian and generally speaking, bothby
dam and sire Can strong, active, healthy and yigor-
Gus horse be reasonably expected by propapatinp from
such near connexions? Every farmer knows the eeect
crossing IN and in has cattle, Sheep &C. but u,e
seem not to have anticipated the consequences 70 the
most noble and useful of animals by the violation of the
law OF nature, which forbds incestuous come xions
out 1t carries with it its corrective in the eo
certain destruction OF the species Such being the con-
sequence of our system, would seem strange thai
we CONTINUE to pursue it-Many attempts have been
made to alter t-many fine horses have been ;mnor,.y
from England, hut they have furnished no remedv S
the evil-.he English and American race horse heinz.
OF the same stock. The difficulty and enormous ex
pend or ooaning tne trueblooded Arabian has pre-
vented the importation of many of them into this
country 1t is affirmed by writer's and travellers that
those OF the sacred blood Gas they are caed are
fued from SUI to 5000 pounds sterng-they are con.
sidered consecrated breed DESIGNED far The ,s &c
the Prophet and ms descendants; and great nreiu
ace exists to selling them at all Taplin in his sport
ing dictionary published in 1908, vol. l. page AZ re.
marks-'that they are mostly consigned as presents
to his Majesty some of the ROYAL Famv .pJ ~ &c
pedigree of their blood is recorded with as much care
and tenacity, as the genealogy of the most anc;ent
English Nobility" But it cannot be necessary IN ~,
logze this matchless breed of horses to recommend
them to the American sportsman; he must know that
1T was by crossing this stock that the surpsb an
cod-blooded horse of England, was converted into
the beautiful and hgh-metted courser 1t is only me-
cessary to satisfy him that the WINTER ARABIAN
10 one OF true stock-so many attempts have been
| made to impose public credulity by pslmino On
them spurious horses for the Arabian that the
of the true stock should be satisfactory and
Inc WINTER Arabian was captured during the late war
IN 1874 then year old, by the pryaieer Cromn,,r
OF baltimore on board the brig Doris, his Britannia
MaJestys transport No. $50, on her passage from
Senegal IN 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 16)
| Winter Arabian was sold as part of the ca,no oe
the captured brig and purchased by Elisha r
Winter Esq. then a member of Congress from the
state OF New York; after the purchase he through
highly respectable mercantile house i'm New York
caused an inquiry to be made of Colonel Broo,ofed
and Mr. Douglas, superntendants of His Maiestv's
stud at Hampton Cou TT, by whom he was informed
mat tuil-blooded Arabian shipped in the brig
DORIS, from Senegal for his Majesty and there was
no doubt of his being of the best Arabian stock This
correspondence, with MIR. Winters certificate that
ne is the same horse, with many other evidences ara
10 my possession and will be exhibited to any gen.
tlemaD who wishes to raise from him Allthose who
have seen him, admire his superiority of FORM beauty
and ilinty hardness OF limbs; his fine, silky Aowipo
main and taie elastic and sprightly movements great
share of bone and muscle: indeed the only objection
to him, or which can be taken to him. is his Size
being about four feet nine ten inches high: this If
II be an objection, applies the whole race; and, had
England permitted this prejudice to influence her, she
could not nave had her Chlders or her Eclipse, her
Regulus, or her King Fergus, her Diomed or Baronet
nor could America have had her Arcby, her Ariel
her Henry, Long Island her Eclipse these are al
descendants of the Arabian stock; and neither En-
gland or America las ever yet produced race horse
that did not partake largely of the blood Ills size
is evidence ofhis stock.
Button, the celebrated French naturalist speak
ing of them says, hey rarely exceed four feet eight
inches higb;"-but the continued experience of En-
gland and France shows that their SIZE has no ipI1-
encc ontheir progeny. He has heretofore stood in
Kentucky, where blooded mares, are scarce; and
where the decided pariiaty for the Virginia stock
produced most unequal competition; yet, under
these Disadvantages; he has produced some among
the best racers ever raised in the State, though i
was not until he forced himself into notice, that
he was patronsed by the breeders of the turf. The
subscriber has in his possession a letter from Col.
Buford, near Lexington, Kentucky, Ia distinguished
raiser and patron Of the turf who has been breed
ing from him the last two years. He says his colts
are OF equal or superior size to his colts from the
same mares by any other horse; that he has two
year old FLY, fifteen hands high; and his yearling