Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1831-05-24

E~uA 9N d. county OF Brunswick, about ffty-fiy,,
| Nv $NY les South Of Richuroud. and thirty
| csses1kHzkD South cfPetersburg- fifteen north
| -, Of brunswick Courthouse, Lawrenccvie and
eighteen north Of Beicd, aud DO let 10
mares at thirty Dollars the season. to be DISCHARGED
by the payment ot twenty Dollars any time durin
the tclson--ten Dollars tho leap, and ffy dollars
he insurance. and one Dollar i'll every case 10 the
groom. The season will commence tie 18TH of
February, and terminate the 0h CT July Good
pasturage for mares grats--snd those who wish cnn
nave them wei! led uud strictly attended to at rea
sonobe ptic but responsibility for escapes or ac-
cldents.
The subscriber congra tuates the breeders of fine
horses, the opportunity offered then, of lin.
proving their stock, by valuable cross. That the
! American and English horse has greatly dater-
Iorated in the last eighty years. is fact that must be
conceded By all intelligent nd candid spu st!,nr and
that, that deterioration has been produced by the
PR cce OF breeding in and in, as II is called fhat
~, from the stock is presumed will also BIZ,
admitted. After the most diligcn inquiry and care
ful investigation, believe the most successful rails
ers IN Virginia persuaded that occasional re-
to the original stock of oriental horses is as ne
cessary to preserve improved breed, as il was IN
the hrst instance to obtain i; and 50 far from tho
direct cross not producing the finest animals beth for
strength speed and beauty it is capable Of proof
and the history of the English horse will demon
strae It, thoG the hes, aud breeders England
ever had, we're the aud daughters, and at far
thest, the grand SONS and granddaughter of the
Arabian: and that they have deprecia,ed in bropor-
ton as they we've removed from thee points. 'fhe
first evidence would Offer IN support of the ass r
iion is the established weights the Eng sh course
at different dates from the time of the introduc ton
OF the Barley Arabian, until the a,h of the Go
dolphin Arabian, which included period of about
TT yer They were breeding extensively fiom
oricnta! horses, includne Barbs acd Turks During
hat ontire period, their horses continued to improve
IN speed and bottom, while the weights were rreatiy
ncreaset; aged horses then curIied I68 pounds and
wIththat ran four miles, from minutes twerty
seconds, 10 seven minutes fifty seconds: from that
70 In no dave, e Ell;
ihay discontinued the breeding from the Arabian
and their weights have been gradually dec.easinr:
on some tracts 10 10 pounds; and none believe
are they higher than 1873 pounds yet there Is not
w in England Aunerica O racer that can run the
distance IN the same time in which wds 70 rneIIy
done with their heavy weights. The next evidence
ls the horses themselves. DALEY Arabian got Ely
Ing ChldeTs who Is said to have run four miles in
Blk minutes and forty seconds Flying Childers got
many line racers; but none that tqaaed himself
GodolPhn Arabian got the dam of Eclipse, but
ECLIPSE never got his own eqnal though he got many
fine racers-vz. Reguus, Volunteer, &c Regulus
got many champions of the turf. but neither him nor
| lis Erogeny produced another Regulus. Vsrtumuus
got Baronet but Baronet never got horse as sucs
cesstul the turf as himself sire. Volunteer rot
Spread Eagle, Sterling, Sc, but Sterling and Spread
Eagle never got their equal, much less the
equal OF Volunteer Janus and Eearnought were
got by Godolphin Arabian During the days of
those sShi rses Virginia famed for fine saddle
horsesSSs well as distinguished racers; now, it is
almost prorerbal, that the blood horse of Virginia
rarely produces fine saddle horse: nor bav. We
believe single turf horse capable OF running four
miles With l63 pounds (the former weighls) in
| good time. &Our best racers are made by Young
horses carrying light weights; and is a fact and
one which is we'll worthy the consideration of raj
sers, that with the present light weights many of
our FIRST horses break down in training, and very
| few remain longer Than two years on the
turf Their bone, slnsw, and muscle are not in
proportion TO their SIZE and weight-and their legs CT
ten give way in training exercise 1t is believed there
is not in the United States single high hlooded
horse that has not descended from the same stock
I VIZ: the GOdophin Arabian, and generally speaking
both by dam ands sire. Can strong, active, healthy
and vigorous horse be reasonably expected by pro-
pagating from such cunneXlons? Every farmer
knows the eEtct crossing in and 10 has cattle,
sheep, &C. but we seem not to have anticipated the
consequence 10 the most noble and useful of ANIMALS
by the violation of the law of naure, which forbid
inccslyous connexions; but it carries with it its own
corrective, the slow but certain destruction of the
species. Such being the consequence ofopr system,
: Ii would seem strange that continue to pursue
it-Many attempts have been made to alter it
many line horses nave been imported from England
but they have furnished remedy for the evi-,iie
English and American race horse being OF the same
stock. The difficulty and enormous expense f
obtaining the true 6looded rabian, has prevented
the importation OF many Of them into this connsry.
Il IS affirmed by writers and travellers, that those
OF The sacred blood: las they are calied valued
I som 500 to 5000 pounds serling-they are copsid
cred consecratcd breed, designed for tie use of
the Prophet 81 his descendants and great prejudice
exists to selling them at all Papin, IN his Sport
! in picion ry published liz sos vol /. page A. re-
mafks-'that they mostly consigned as presents
to his Majesty or some of the Royal Family and their
pedigree of their blood recorded Wink az much care
and tenacty, as he gencol"gy Of the most ancient
English Mobility" But, it cannot be necessary to eu-
logIze this matchcss breed Of horses TO recommend
them to the American sportsman; he must know thai
it by crossing tlis stock, that the sluggish aud
;, ooid-blooded horse of England, converted nto
the beautiful and hgh-metled courser. II is only
necessary TO satisfy him that the WINTER ARA
BAN Is one OF true stCck-so many attempts have
been made to impose public credulny by pamng
on them spurious horses for tho Arabian that the
evidence in the stock shoud be satisfactory aud
conclusive The Winter Arabian was captured dl.
ring The late war Of 1914, thea one year old By the
privatccr Grampus Of Baltimore OIL hoard tho brig
Doris, his Britannia Mnjeslys Transport No ESQ
on her passage [from Senegal in hfrca1 to Ports
mouth III Eng and; and ended as n present for
the then PRICE Regent, late King Of England ls5ee
Niles Weekly Register, vol. wi page IS
4 Winter Arabian sold as part oC The cargo o
the captured brig, ard was purchased by Elisha J
Winter Esq then iGcmbc. of Congress from ihc
State Df New York after the purchase, he through
highly rceUeClGbc Tns. csnflie hauEa in Now Yhrl,