Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1831-04-13


of Brunswick Courthouse, Lawrenccville. and eight
teen northwest OF Bel6eld. and be let to at
thirty Do.rs the season, 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 viii commence the 18th Of February. and termi
gr,tis-snd those who wsh can have them we'll fed
and strictly attended to at a reasonable prices but no
responsibility for escapes or accidents.
The subscriber congrutuatos the breeders Of fine
horses, the opportunity now offered them Of in,
proving their stock. by valuable cross. That the
American and English race horse has greatly deter
orsted in the last eighty years, a fact that must be
conceded by oil intelligent and candid sportsmcn and
that, that deterioration has been produced by the
practice Of breeding and m as it is cnlLed. THAT
IS, from the sumo stotk,) 1t is presumed w slso be
admitted. Afer the most d,ligent inquiry and care
tul investigation, believe the most successful rails
ers in Virginu pursuaded that occasional re-
sort to the original stock OF oriental A1sses is
cessary to preserve improved breed, it WIS in
the first instance to obtain IT; ind far from the
direct not producing the finest animals both for
strength, speed and beauty it II capable OF proof,
and the history of the English horse will demon
srate it, that the best racers and breeders England
ever had, the sons and daughters and at far
thest, the grand sons and grand 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 asser
ton re the established weights on the English
at different dates, from the time of the ntroduco,
dolphin Arabian; which included period of about
fifty years. They were breeding extensively from
oriental horses, including Barbs and Turks. During
that period, their horses continued improve
IN speed and bottom while the weights greatly
ncreassd aged horses then carried i68 pounds, and
w.. tIat ran four miles, from seven minutes twenty
sec'N's. to seven minutes fifty seconds; from that
time say from ITO TO IT'S TO the days Of Eclipse, .
they discontinued the breeding from the Arabian,
and their weights have been gradually decreasing;
on some tracks To llo pounds; and on none, believe,
are they higher than 1873 pounds; yet there Is not
now in England or America racer that can run the
distance in the same time in which 1t was formerly
done with their heavy weights The next evidence
is, the horses themselves. barley Arabian rot Fly
ing Childers. who is said to have run four miles in
SIX minutes and forty seconds Flying Chiders got
many fine racers; but none that equslEed himself.
G"do!phin Arabian got the dam of Eclipse, but
Eclipse got his equal, though he got many
fine racers-vz; Regulus, Volunteer, &c. Reg Mus
got many champions of the turf but neither him Tor
his progeny produced another Regules Vertumnus
got Baronet, but Baronet never got horse as sue.
cessful on the turf himself sire. Volunteer got
Spread Eagle, Sterling, &c., but Sterling and Spread
Eagle never got their own equal much less the equal
of Volunteer. Janus and Fearnought got py Go.
dolphin Arsban. During the days of those horses vr
GINA was famed for fine saddle horses, as we'll as
dstinr racers 1t is almost proverbia that
the blood horse of Virginia rarely produces a fine
saddle horse: have we, believe, a single
turf horse capable OF running four miles with
1853 pounds 0he former weights) in good time
horses carr
light weights; aud it IS a fact, and which is wen
worthy the consideration 0f raisers, that with the pre-
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 i'm
proportion to their size and weght-aad their legs Of
ten give in training exercise. II is believed there
is not in the United States single highs blooded
horse that has descended from the same stock viz
ne Sodofphin Arabian and generally Speaking bothby
dam and sire Can strong, active, healthy and y;gor.
horse be reasonably expected by propaga,nr from
yiOnS5
crossing in and in has cattle, sheep, &c, but we
TO have anticipated the coDseo IN IN.
most noble and useful of animals by tn violation Of the
law OF nature, which frbids incestuous connexions.
but carries with its corrective in the slow bur
Certain destruction of the species Such being the con-
sequence Of or system, it you'd seem strange tina,
we continue TO pursue it-Mlny attempts have bcen
made to liter it-many fine horses have been imported
from Eogand, hut they have furnished no remedy for
the evil-the English and American race horse being
of the stock. The difficulty and enormous 70 |
pense Of obtaining the -blooded Arabian has
vented the importation Of many of them into this
country. is affirmed by writer's and travellers tina,
those Of the sacred blood Gas they Called are val
ued from 500 to 5000 pounds sierng-they are CON
sidered cousecrated breed, designed for the se of
the Prophet and HIS descendants; and great nr.;~
dice exists to selling them at all Tapn, in his snort
ing Dictionary published in 1903, vol l. page AZ re
msrks-"that they are 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 tcnacity, the genealogy Of the most anc;en,
English Nobility" But, canno, be necessary IN en-
logic this matchess breed Of horses to recommend
them to the American sportsman; he know thu,
was by crossing on this stock, that the sluggish and
cohblooded horse of England. wss converted into
the beautiful and high-meted courser Il is only ne
cessary to satisfy him that the WINTER ABRAHAM
10 one Of true s,ock-so many attempts have been
made to impose on public credulity by palming ON
them spurious horses for the Arabian that the evidence
in the true stock should be satisfactory and conclusive
The Winter Arabian was captured during the late war
Of 1914, then year DID, by the pryateer Crsmpus
Hall n,Ore ri hr;., H.. ~.
MsjeSy's Transport, No. $50, on her passage from
sehegaiih Africa, to Portsmouth in England; and was
intended as present for the then Prince Regent late
King of England. tsee Siles' Weekly REGISTER, vol
vii page 16) we
Winter Arabian sold rs a part of the CARGO orI
the caPtired brig, and was purchased by Elisha ]
Winter Esq then member of Congress from the
State Of New York after the purchase, he through
highly respectable mercantile house in New York
caused an inquiry 10 be made of Colonel Brooofed
and Mr. Douglas, superintendent of His Maiestv's
stud 1T Hampton Court. by whom he was informed
that tU!I-bIooded Arabian was shipped in the brig
Doris, from Senegal for his Majesty and there WIS
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