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

H2A will stand again a. my stable i'm the coun-
I1 EA ty of brunswick, about fifty-ive miles
.uvvU& South of Richmond, and thiry-,hree
South of Petershurg-fiftecn northeast
of Brunswick Courthouse, Lawrenceville. and eight
teen northwest OF Bclfied, and be let to 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
son will commence the 18th of February, and termi-
nate the 10th OF July. Good pasturage for mares
gratis-and those who wish can have them we'll fed
and strictly attended to at reasonable price: but
responsibility for escapes accidents.
The subscriber congratulatcs the breeders of fine
horses the opportunity now offered them of I'M
proving their stock, by valuable cross. That the
American and English race horse has greatly deter
ioraed in the last eighty years, fact that must be
conceded by all I'M ehgen and candid sportsncn; and
that, that deterioration ha1 been produced by the
practice of breeding an and as II Is called that
IS, from the stock,) il is presumed will also be
admitted. AT or the most diligcnt inquiry and
full investigation, believe the most successful rais-
ers in Virginia are persuaded that occasional
sort the original stock OF oriental horses is
cessary to preserve an impsSsed breed, as it in
the first instance To obtain IT; and far from the
direct producing the finest animals both for
strength. speed and beauty, 1t n capable OF proof
and the history of the English horse will demon
strate it, that the hest and breeders England
ever had, were the sons and daughters, and at far
thcs,. the grand sons and daughters of the
Arabian: and that they have DEPRECATED in proper
ton as they were removed from these points. The
first evidence would offer, in support Of the asscr-
ton is, the established weights the English course
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 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 greatly
INCREASED aged horses then carried 81 pounds and
VIZ; aat ran four miles from seven minutes twenty
sccHte. to minutes fifty seconds; from ,ha,
tim, say from ITO 10 1915 10 the DAYS OF Eclipse
they discontinued the breeding from the Arabian
and their weights have been gradually decreasing;
on some tracks to I l9 pounds and none, believe
are they higher than 133 pounds; yet there is not
now in England or America racer that can run the
distance in the same time IN which II was formerly
done with their heavy weights The next evidence
is, the horses themselves Darcy Arabian rnt FIv-
ing ChilderS who is said TO have run four miles in
SIX minutes and forty seconds Flying Chiidcrs got
many fine racers; but none that rqualled himself
Godo!phin Arabian got the dam of Eclipse but
Eclipse never Got his equal, though he got many
fine racers-viz; ReSulus, Volunteer, &C. Rreu!us
got many champions Of the turf, but neither him nor
his progeny produced another Rcgulcs. Vertunnus
got Baronet, but Baronet never got horse as sue.
cessfui on the turf himself sire. Volunteer got
Spread Eagle, Sterling &c; but Sterling and Spread
Eagle never got their equal, much less the ccual
Of Volunteer Jarus and Fearnought were got by Co.
dolphin Arabian. During the days of those horses Viz
gina was famed FOR fine saddle horses, as well ms
distne uished racers now, it ia almost provcrbial th,
the blood horse Of Virginia rarely produces fine
saddle horse: nor have we, believe, a single
turf horse capable of running four miles with
lob pounds che former weights) in good time
Our best races made by young horses CARRYING
light weights; and il is fact and which is well
worthy the consideration Of raisers, that with the
sent light many of first horses break down
in training, and very few remain longer than two wears
on the turf Their bone, sinew and muscle are mt in
proportion to their size and weigh-aRd their leps az
ten give way in trimming exercise 1t is believed there
is not now in the United States a single hieh.bjooIeJ
horse that has not descended from the same stock VIZ
the Godopbin Arabian and generally speaking, bothby
dam and sire. Can strong, active, healthy and ypor-
GUS horse be reasonably expected by propayanr from
such near connexions Every farmer knows the effect
crossing in and in has cattle, sheep, &c; but we
seem not to have anticipated the consequence 10 m
most noble and useful of animals by tn violation of The
law Of nature, which forbids inces,uous cornerstone
but Il carries with its corrective in the Slow hu
certain destruction Of the species Such being the
sequence of our system it would seem strange that
We continue To pursue it-Many attempts have been
made to alter it-many fine have been nnor,c
from England, hut they have furnished no remedy for
the evil-;he English and American race horse being
of the same stock. The difficulty and enormous e,
pense Of obtaining the ebooded 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 las they Called are val
ued from 500 to 5000 pounds steriing-they are CON
sdered consecrated breed designed for the use Of
the Prophet and his DESCENDANTS and great preiu-
dice exists to selling them at all Taplin, in his SNORT
ing Dictionary published in 1903, vol. l. page AZ re
mrks-",hat they mostly consigned as presents
to his Majesty some Of the Royal Family and their
pedigree Of their blood is recorded with as much care
and tenacity, as the genesogy Of the most ancient
English Nobility" But, cannot be necessary To en-
logize this matchless breed Of horses to recommend
them TO the American sportsman, he must know ,ha,
1t was by crossing on this stock that the sluggish and
coid-bloodcd horse Of England, was converted into
the beautiful and high-metted courser II is ONLY TO-
cessary to satisfy him that the WINTER ARABIAN
is one OF true s,ock-so many attempts have been
made TO impose on public creduly by palmnr on
them spurious horses for the Arabian that the
in the true stock should be satisfactory and conclusive
The Winter Arabian captured durinf, the late war
OF 1919, then one year old by the prvateer Crampus
OF Balhn ore on board the brig Doris his Britannia
Hsjesty's Transport, No. ESQ, on her passage from
senegalin Africa, to Portsmouth in England; and wss
intended as present for the then Prince Regent late
King OF England tSee Niles Weekly Register. vol
viii page 1s) "
Winter Arabian was sold part Of the cargo of
the captured brig, and was purchased by Elisha J.
Winter Esq. then a member Of Congress from the
State of New York; after the purchase. he through
mighty respectable mercantile house in New York
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