Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1831-03-22

Of nr s s..,. .So". .n hfyvs miles
sS&nk.61 South Of Petersburg-fttcen north east
of pr,nsuick Courthouse, Lawrenceville. and eight,
teen north. west OF Bclheld, and be let at
thirty Dollars the to be discharged bDhe 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 termi-
nate the 10th of July. Good pasturage for mares
grats-and those who wish, can have them well ted
and strictly attended to at reasonable prices but no
responsibility for escapes accidents.
Tho subscr,brr congra tuates the breeders of fine
horses, on the opportunity now offered them of i'm
proving their stock, by valuable That the
mericun and English race horse has greatly deter
oacd in the last eighty years, is fact that must be
conceded by all intelligent and candid sportsmcn and
that, that deterioration has been produced by the
Practice Of breeding in and IN, 1t is called. that
*, from The stock,) il is presumed will also be
admitlcL AT er the most dilIgrnt inquiry and care
tul investigation believe the successful rails
crs IN Virginia are pursucdcd that an occasional re
snr; In the original stock OF oriental horses Is nc
cCSSary preserve an improved breed, as II was IN
tnc first instance obtain 10 and go far from the
iii producing the finest animals both for
strength speed and beauty, 1t is capable of proof,
ad the history of the English race horse will demon.
sttac it, that the best racers and breeders England
ever had were the aud daughters, and at far
,hesl. the grand sons and grand daughters Of the
Arabian: and that they have DEPRECATED in proper
ton as they removed from these points. The
first evidence would offer, in support of the
is the established gifts on the English course
ut different dates, from the time of the introduction
of the barley Arabian. until the death of the Go
dolphin Arabian; which included a period of about
fifty years. They breeding extensively from
oriental horses, including Barbs and Turks During
that period their horses continued TO improve
in speed and bottom, while the weights were greatly
increased aged horses then carried l6S pounds. and
wi that four miles, from seven minutes twenty
seconds TO minutes fifty seconds; from that
time say from 1870 10 1875 TO the days OF Eclipse,
they discontinued the breeding from the Arabian,
on some tracks Ia o pounds and on none, believe
they higher than l33 pounds; vet there is not
IN England or America racer that the
distance III the same time in which it formerly
done with their heavy weights. The next evidence
IS, the horses themselves barley Arabian got Fly
ing ChiIders, who is said 10 have four miles in
TX minutes and forty seconds Flying Chlders got
many fine racers; but that eQualled himself
q dolphin Arabian got the dam of Eclipse, bu,
Eclipse never got his own equal though he got many
fac r4cers-yiz; Reguns, Volunteer, &c. Reeuus
g.; many champions Of the turf but neither hun nor
his progeny produced another Regues Vertumnus
SO; Bafonet, bu; Baronet got z horse as sue.
ccssiu the turf himself sire. Volunteer got
Npr- al Eagle, Sterling &c; but Sterling and Spread
!. never got their own equal, much less the equal
Volunteer. Janus and Fearnought were got by Go,
,1 A'sbisn. During the days Of those horses. Vir.
a. famed for fine saddle horses, well "a
-h"d racers; now, it is almost proverbial, that
o.: tOrse OF Virginia rarely produces a fine
ICE horse: nor have we, l believe, a Single
-Ir' morse capable OF running four miles with
% pounds (tbe former WeIghtS) good time.
Our oest made by young horses Carrying
hit weights and it is fact and which is we'll
worthy the conside ration of raisers, that with the pre-.
sent light weights many of our 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 weight-aud their legs Of
ten give way in training exercise is believed there
is in the United States a single highs IooIed
horse that has descended from the stock viz
'he GOdoiphn Arabian and generally speaking bo,hby
dam and sire Can strong, active, healthy and vigor-
hrrca nar ht
such near connexions! Every farmer knows the effect
crossing in and in has cattle, Sheep &c; but We
not TO have anticipated the consequence to the
noble aud useful of animals by the violation Of the
.ln "f nature, which forbids ncestuous xons;
80 g. carries with its own corrective, in the slow but
--tarn Instruction Of the species Such being the con.
.rnHnsc uE system, ii would seem strange that
continue 10 pursue it-Many attempts have been
ale Ia Ter it-many fine horses have been imported
u Kngiand, hut they have furnished no remedy for
q e,il-;hc English and American race horse being
q the same stock The difficulty aud enormous ex-
pcnse Of obtaining the truebooded Arabian has pre-.
vented the importation of many Of them into this
Country. II is affirmed writers and travellers that
those of the sacred blood las they caed are val
ued from 500 to 5000 pounds sterling-they are con-
sidered consecratcd breed, designed for the use Of
the Prophet and descendants; and great Dreiu.
dice 10 selling them at all. TaDlin in his snort.
ing Dictionary published in 1903, vol. J. page AZ re
marks-",hat they are mostly consigned as presents
his Majesty some ut the Royal Family, and their
peSree of their blood recorded with as much care
and 'enacty, as the geneaogy of the most ancient
English Nobility" But, cannot be necessary TO ell.
logile this matchless breed of horses, to recommend
them TO the American sportsman; he know. ,ha,
1t was Ivy crossing on this stock that the sluggish and
cOla-blOnded horse of England, WAS converted into
the beautiful and high melted courser. IL is only me-
ccssary to satisfy him that the WINTER ARABIAN
is Of true stock-so many attempts have been
made to impose on public credulity by palming on
them spurious horses for the Arabian that the evidence
Of the true stock should be satisfactory and conclusive
The Winter Arabian captured during the late war
IN 1914 then one year old, by the prvsteer Grampus
of Baltin ore, board the brig Doris his Britannia
@ajesty's Transport, No. $50, her passage from
Senegalin Africa to Portsmouth in England and was
intended as present for the then Prince Regent late
King of England See Niles Weekly Register, vol
vii. page 49,
Winter Arabian was sold part Of the cargo Of
The captured brig, aud was purchased by Elisha J.
Winter Esq. then member Of Congress from The
Sia:e OF New York; after the purchase he through
highly respectable mercantile house in New York
caused an inquiry to be made of Colonel Broofnfield
and Mr.. Douglas, supenntendanls Of His Maiesty's
stud al Hampton Court by whom he was inf1tmgd
that fu!l-booded Arabian shipped IN the brio
Doris, from Senegal for hIs Majesty, md there va,
doubt of his beng Of the best Arabian stock Tins