Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1831-03-24

of prunswick Courthouse, Lawrencevie. and eight
thirty dollars the season, to be discharged by the pay
mcpt 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, md termi-
nate the 10th Of July. Good psstursge tor mares
grats-and those who wish, can have them well ted
and strictly attended to at reasonable prices but no
responsibility for escapes or accidents.
The subscr,b cougratulatcs the breeders OF bne
horses, on the opportunity now offered them q: I'M
proving their stock, by n valuable cross. That the
Ame On aud English horse has greatly deter
iorated In the last cIghy years, fact that must be
conceded By all intelligent and candid spor,smcn; and
that, that deterioration has been produced by the
practice Of breeding IN and VA, rs called THAT
Vs. from the srock) it is presumed will also be
Admitted. At.cr the most di',gent inquiry and care
full investigation, believe the successful rails
IN Virginia are persuaded that occasional re-
sort to the original stock OF Orient al horses is
cessoty To preserve improved breed, as 1t was IN
the first instance 10 obtain "; and far from the
direct not producing the finest animals both for
strength. speed and beauty. il IL capable Of proof
and The history Of the English horse will demon
strate it, that the hes, aud breeders England
ever had were the and daughters, and at far
theSt, the grand sons and grand daughters OF the
Arabian and that they have DEPRECATED in proper
ton us they removed from these points. The
first evidence would offer, supper, Of tho asser-
ton s, the established weights the English course
OF different dates, from the time of the introduction
Of the barley Arabian. until the death of the Co
dolphin Arabian; which included period Of about
fifty years. They were breeding extensively from
o..cnial horses, including Barbs and Turks During
that entire period, their horses continued to improve
III epced and bottom, while the weights were greatly
increased; aged horses then vi CO pounds, and
wi'h that ran four miles, from minutes twenty
seconds, To seven minrtes fifty seconds; from that
time. say from ITO 10 775 TO the days of Eclipse
they discontinued the breeding from the Arabian,
and Their weights have been gradually decreasing:
tracks To 9 pounds and none, believe
howl trhcr than I
now in England ar America racer that can run the
distance IN the same time IN which u was formerly
done with their heavy weights Thc next evidence
is, the horses themselves barley Arabian got FIy.
ing Chdcrs, who ia said TO have run four miles in
six minutes and forty seconds Flying Cmlders got
many fine racers; but none that pqna'Icd himself
Godophln Arabian got the dam of Eclipse, bu,
Eclipse never got his own equal, though he got many
fine racerS-v'z Reguus Volunteer, &C. Reg illus
got many champions of the turf but neither hun nor
his progeny produced another Rcgules. Vertumnus
got Baronet, bu; Baronet never got a horse as sue
cessful the turf himself or sire Volunteer got
Spread Eagle, Sterling, &c; but Sterling and Spread
Eagle never got their equal much less the equal
OF Volunteer. Janus and Fearnought got by Co.
dolphin Arabian During the days of those horses, Vir-
gina was famed for fine saddle horses, as we'll as
distinguished racers; now, II IL almost prov eri4 that
the blood horse of Virginia rarely produces fine
saddle horse: nor have we. beiicv-, a single
turf horse capable OF running four miles with
lbS pounds uhe former weights in good time.
Our bes, races made by young horses carrying
light weights and IL is fact, and Which is wril
worthy the consdert, of rss,rs that with the pre-.
sent light weights many of first horses break down
in training and very few remain longer than two years
on the trt Their bone snew, and muscle arc not in
proportion to their size and weghl-and their legs of.
ten give way in training exercise. II is believed there
is not noy in the United States single high>bloolrd
horse that has descended from the same stock viz
the Godolphn Arabian. and generally speaking boby
dam and sire. Can strong active, healthy aud vigor-
Gus horse he reasonably expected by propagatng from
such near connexions' Every farmer knows The eIsc,
crossing in and in has on cattle, sheep, &C. but
not to have anticipated the quence 10 the
most noble and useful OF animals by th violation of the
law of nature, Which forbds incestuous come xiou,
ht it carries with ii its corrective in the slow but
Certain destruction of the species Such being the con-
sequence of our system, IT would seem strange that
continue to pursue t-Many attempts have been
made to ter t-many fine horses have beer imported
from England, hut they have furnished remedy for
the eviI-;he English and American race horse being
of the stock. The difficulty and enormous p Z,
pensc Of obtaining the rue-blooded Arabian, has pre-
vented the importation of many Of them into ih;a
county II is affirmed by writer's and travellers tina,
those Of the sacred blood las they called are val
ucd from 500 TO 5000 pounds sterlng-they are con.
sihered cons-crated breed designed for the ,sr ~
dice exists TO selling them at all Tapn, in his Sport.
ing Dictionary published in 1903, VOL /, page AZ re-
marks-",hat they are mostly consigned as presents
10 his Majesty some Of the Royal Family, and their
pegree Of their blood is recorded with as much care
and tenacty, as the genealogy Of the most ancient
English Nobility" But, 1t cannot be necessary TO Gu.
recommend
them to the American sportsman; he must know that
II WIS by crossing on this stock, that the sluggish and
cold-blooded horse Of England was converted into
the beautiful and high -metued courser. is only p,
cessary to satisfy him that the WINTER ARABIAN
Is Of true stock-so many attempts bay. been
made to impose public creduity by palming on
them spurious horses for the Arabian that the
OF the true STOCK should be satisfactory and conclusive
The Winter Arabian captured during the late war
in 1914 then one year old, by the prvsIeer Granpus
OF Ban ore on board the brig Doris, his Britsnnic
MAJ - Tran Nh
Senegal in Africa, to Portsmouth in England; and was
intended as present for the then Prince Regent late
King Of England. (See NlIes' Weekly isegis,er vol
vii. page lG)
Winter Arabian was sold az part Of the carao of
the captured brig, and was purchased by Elisha J.
Winter Esq. then member Of Congress from tho
State Of New York; after tho purchase. he throunh
highly respectable mercantile house in New York
caused an inquiry TO be made Of Colonel Bloomfield
and Mr. Douglas, superintendOnts Of His Maiestv's
ttud at hampton Court, by whom he was informed
that fUl-bloodsd Arabian was shipped in the b,,g
Doris, from Senegal for his Majesty, and there WIS
doubt Of his being Of the beet Arabian stock Tb.
frnTr t,,tth NJ