Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1831-04-09

South of Pe,ersburg-ffteen north. cas-,
of Brunswick Courthouse, Lawreuceville. and eight
teen northwest OF Bel6eld, and be let to
thirty Dollars the season, be discharged by the pay
ment of twenty Dollars any time during the
ten Dollars the leap, and City dollars the insurance,
and one Dollar in every 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 well fed
and strictly attended to at reasonable price; but
responsibility for escapes accidents
The subscriber cnngratuatcs the breeders of fine
horses on the opportunity now offered them of I'M
proving their stock. by valuable cross. That the
American and English race horse has greatly deter
orated in the last eighty years fact thar must be
conceded by all intelligent and candid sporismcn and
that, that deterioration has been produced Ivy the
practice of breeding in nnd IN. as 1t is called THAT
Is, from the stsSt it is presumed VII also be
admitted. Al or the most diligent inquiry and
.ul investigation, believe the most successful rails
in Virginia pursmedcd that an occasional re-
sort TO the original stock OF oriental horses is as nc
. cesSary to preserve an improved breed as IL III
the first instance To obtain IT. and so far from the
direct not producing the finest animals both for
strength, speed and beauty. 1t is capable OF proof,
and the history of the English horse will demon
stratc II, that the best racers and breeders England
ever had, the sons and daughters, and at far
thcs,, the grand sons and 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
ton is the established weights The English
mt different dates, from the time Of the lntroducrion
of the barley Arabian until the death of the Go
dolphin Arabian; which included period of about
! fifty years They were breeding extensively from
oriental horses, including Barbs and Turks During
that entire period. their horses continued 10 improve
IN speed and bottom, while the weights greatly
THeoseCs aged horses then carried l68 pounds. and
WE Y al four miles, from seven minutes twenty
sccN@S. TO minutes fifty seconds; from that
time 5; from 1870 TO IT'S 10 The days OF Eclipse.
they discontinued tho breeding from the Arabian.
aud their weights have been gradually decreasing:
I l.f..
| they higher than 1873 pounds; vet there is no,
now III England or America n that can run the
distance III the same time III which II formerly
done with their heavy weights. The next evidence
is. the horses themselves barley Arabian GOT Fly
ing ChlicrS, who is said To have run tour miles in
SIX minutes and forty seconds. Flying Chldcrs got
many fine racers; bmt nurc that .quaied himself.
G"dolphn Arabian got the dam ri Eclipse, bu;
! Eclipse got his own equal, though he got many
fine racers-vz; Regulus, Volunteer, &c. Rreulus
got many champions OF the turf but neither him nor
his progeny produced another Rcgues. Vertumnus
got Bsronet, bu; Ba-onet never got horse sue.
cesstu on the turf himself 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 ny Co.
dolphin A,aban. During the DAYS of those horses yir
GINA famed Cor fine saddle horses, as well as
distinguished racers; now, IT is almost proverbal, that
the blood horse OF Virginia rarely produces n fine
saddle horse: have we, I believe, a single
turf horse capable OF running four miles with
LOG pounds che former weights in good time
Our best races are made by young horses Carving
light weights and il is fact. aud Which is well
worthy the consideration of raiserS, that with the pre-
sent light weights many of first horses break down
in training, and very few remain longer than years
on the turf Their bone. sinew, and muscle not in
proportion to their size and weiSh-apd their e rs Of
ter give in training exercise. II is believed there
is not in the United States single high>booded
horse that has descended from the same stock viz
the GodO'pn Arabian. and generally speaking, bothby
dam and sire Can strong active healthy and viCur-
horse be reasonably expected by rropagang from
such connexions Every farmer knows the ei!ec.
crossing in and in has cattle, sheep, &c; but we
to have anticipated the consc 0euce to the
most noble and useful Of animals by tn violation of the
law OF nature, which fUroids incesuous Connexions
b, carries with il its corrective in the slow bat
Certain destruction Of the species Such being the con-
sequence of our system, it would strange that
we continue TO pursue it-Miny attempts have been
made ter it-many fine horses have been import ID
from England, hut they have furnished no remedy for
the cvil-.he English and American race horse being
of the stock. The difficulty and enormous ex'
pense of obtaining the rueblooded 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, (as they caed are val
ued from 500 to 5000 pounds serng-tbey are con.
sidered consecrated breed, designed for the use OF
the Prophet and his descendants; and great preu
dice exists to selling them at all Tapln in his sport
ing Dictionary published in 1905, vol. J. page AZ re
marSs-",hat thew are mostly construed as nresen,s
To his Majesty some of the Royal Family and their
pedigree Of their blood is recorded with as much care
and tenacity, as the genea!ogy Of the ancient
tnElsD But II cannot be O q Il
,oEize this matchlrss breed of horses to recommend
them to the American sportsman; lte mus, know tha,
II by crossing this stock that the sluggish and
cold-blo0ded horse at England, converted into
the beautiful and high melted courser II is only ne
ccssary to satisfy him that the WINTER ARABIAN
Is one of true stnck-so many attempts have been
made to impose on public credulity by palulng on
them spurious horses tor the Arabian that the evidence
in The true stock should he satisfactory and conclusive
The Winter Arabian captured during the late war
OF 1914 then one year DID, by the privatcer Grampus
Of Baltln ore, on board the brig Doris his Britannia
Malestys Transport, No. $50, her passage from
Senegal III Africa, 10 Portsmouth in England; and was
intended as present for the then Prince Regent late
King OF England. tSee Niles Weekly iiegrster VOL
vii. page 49,
Winter Arabian sold rs a part Of the cargo of
the captured brig. and was purchased by Elisha J.
Winter E,q. then a member Of Congress from the
State Of New York; after the pjrchasc he through
highly respectable mercantile house in New York
cahsed an inquiry 30 be made Of Colonel Brooinfeld
and Mr.: Douglas, supcrlniendanIs Of His Malcsty's
stud a, Hampton Court. NY whom lie was informed,
hot AtsH- lf 4 L.