Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1831-03-21

SON south of Richmond. and shir,y,'hree
eNSa4k1 South of Petersburg-ffteen north cast
OF Brunswick Courthouse, Lawrenceville and eight
teen northwest OF Belfeld and be let to mares at
thirty Dollars the 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 tcrmi-
nate the 10th OF July. Good pasturage for mares
grats-and those who wish, can have them well fed
and strictly attended to at reasonable price; but
responsibility for escapes accidents.
The subscriber congratulates the breeders of fine
horses, on the opportunity now offered them of I'M
proving their stock, by valuable That the
American and English race horse has greatly deter
'oTated in the last eighty years is fact that be
conceded by all intelligent and candid sportsncn; and
that, that deterioration has been produced by the
pruCt!ce OF breeding and in, Is called THAT
Is, from the sock,) ii Is presumed Will also be
admitted AT er the most diigent inquiry and
fu investigation. believe the most successful ras-
e.s IN Virginia pursuGded that an occasional re-
sort TO the original stock OF oriental horses is as
ccssary to preserve improved breed, as it was in
the first instance to obtain IL; aud so far from the
Direct cross not producing the finest animals both for
strength, speed and beauty, It capable of proof
and the history of The English horse will demon
stratc At, that the best and breeders ENGLAND
ever had, were the and daughters, and ct far
thcst. the grand sons and grard-daughters OF the
Arabian: and that they have Deprecated in proper
ton they were removed from these points The
first evidence would offer, in support OF the asscr-
ton IT, the established weights the English course
at different dates, from the time OF the Introdncio
OF the barley Arabian. until the death of the Go
dolphin Arabian Which included Il period of abou,
fifty years. They were breeding extensively from
oren'a! horses, including Barbs aud Turks During
that entire period. their horses continued improve
IN speed and bottom, Wh- the weights were greatly
Increased: aged horses then carried iC3 pounds AMI
with that ran four miles, from seven minutes twenty
seconds, TO seven mnrtcs fifty seconds; from tina,
time, say from 77o 10 ITS 10 he days of Eclipse
they discontinued tho breeding from the Arabian
and their weights have been gradually decreasing:
OH some tracks 10 10 pounds and noas, bel eve
are they higher than 1873 pound; vet there IS not
now IN England or America racer that can run the
distance Ill the same lime III which Il formerly
done with their heavy weights. The nest evidence
is, the horses themselves. Darby Arabian got Eiy
ing Chiders, who is said To have run four miles in
six minutes and forty seconds Flying Chi!ders got
many Inc racers but none that cqual!ed himself
Gudophln ArahGn got the dam of Eclipse, but
Eclipse ne"er got his own equal though he got many
fine Taccrs--v7: Reguus, Volunteer, &c. Renulus
/ got many Champions Of the turf, but neither HIN nor
! his progeny produced another Eegules. Vertuulnus
got Baronet, but Bsronet got = horse rs sue.
cessfu on the turf himself sire. Suuntce, 20,
Spread Eagle, Sterling &c; but Sterling and Spread
Eagle never got their equal, much less the equal
OF Volunteer. Janus and FesrnOught got by Co,
dolphin Arabian. During the day ct those horses Vir
GINA was famed for fine saddle horses, as well As
distinF ushed racers now, II rs almost proverbial that
| the blood horse of Virginia rarely produces fine
saddle horse: have we, | believe, u Single
turf horse capable OF running four miles viii
Our best races made by young horses Carrying
light weights; and it is fact and which Is wei
worthy the consideration of raiserS, that with the nre
sent light weights many OF our first horses break down
in training, and very few remain longer than two wears
the turf. Their bone, sinew, and muscle are not il
proportion to their size and wesh-snd their legs of
ten give way III training exercise. 1t believed there
is now in the United States a single hgh>bloodet
horse that has not descended from The 81 och viz
the GOdolphin Arabian and generally speaking bothb,
dam and sire Can strong, active, healthy and .ror
DilC hnr hsr
such near connexions? Every farmer knows the effect
crossing in and III has cattle, sheen, &C. but we
seem not to have anticipated the consequence TO the
most noble and useful OF animals by tn violation Of the
law OF nature, which forbids incestuous connexions
but carries with it its corrective in the slow but
Certain destruction of the species Such being the con
sequence of our system, 1t would seem strange tba
we continue to pursue it-Many attempts have been
made to alter it-many fine horses have been Dortr,
from England hut they have furnished no remedy TO,
the eyil-;he English and America race. horse heinr
of the same stock. The difficulty and enormous e:.
pense of obtaining the true -blooded Arabian has rre
vented the importation of many of them into tli,
country. II is affirmed by writers and travellers tina,
those of the sacred Blood las they called are val
ued from 500 to 5000 pounds slerling-ihey are con
sdercd a conSecrated breed, designed for the use ~
the Prophet and descendants; and great nreiu
dice exists 10 selling them at all Tapln i'm his nor,
ing Dictionary published in 1905, vol. l. page IL re
marks-"that they are mostly consigned Is presents
to his Majesty or some of the Royal Family and the il
pedgree OF their blood is recorded with much Gaze
and tenacity, the genealogy of the most ancient
Eaglish Nobility" But, it canno, be necessary TO Ell
logic this matchless breed Of horses, to rccommen,
them to the American sportsman; he must know. tina,
it by crossing on this stock that the sluggish ant
codbluoded horse of England, WAS converted int
the beautiful and hgh-mettled courser II is only ne
! cessary TO satisfy him that the WINTER ARABIAN
;, 10 one of true stock-so many attempts have beer
made to impose public crcduIy by paIminp oi
them spurious horses for the Arabian that the evidence
the true stock should be satisfactory and conclusive
The Winter Arabian was captured during the late wal
in 1874 then year old, by the privateer Grampu
of Baltn ore, on board the brig Doris, his Britannia
Majesty's Transport, No. $50, her passage iron
Senegal III Africa, 20 Portsmouth in England; and was
intended as present tor the then Prince Regent late
King of England. See Niles Weekly Register vol
vii. page 49,
Winter Arabian was sold as part Of The cargo OF
the captured brig aud was purchased by Elisha J.
/ Winter Esq. then member of Congress from he
State Of New York after the Purchase, nc through
/ highly respectable mercantile house IN New York
caused an inquiry to be made Of Colonel Broonfed
aud Mr.. Douglas, supcrlntcndants Of His Majesty
stud at Hampton Court. by whom he was informed
that ful-bloodtd Arabian shipped in the brig