Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1831-04-07

of Rrun,wick Courthouse, Lawrencevile. and eight
teen northwest OF Be6eld, and be let to ut
thirty Dollars the season. be discharged by the pay
meut of twenty Dollars any time during the season
ten Dollars the leap and fifty dollars the insurance,
and Dollar in every case to the groom. The sea
son will commence the 18th Of February, and term
nate the 10th Of July. Good pasturage for mares
sand those who wish, can have them well fed
and strictly attended to at reasonable prices but no
responsibility for escapes or accidents.
The subscriber congratulates the breeders of fine
horses, on the opportunity now offered them of I'M
proving their stock, by valuable cross. That the
Anne rcan and English horse has greatly deter
iorated in the last eighty years, lie 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, as 1t Is called. Qhat
Isl from the stock) it presumed will also be
admitted. AT cr the most digent inquiry nnd care
tul investigation, believe the most successful rais-
crs i'm Virginia pursuodcd that an occasional re-
the original stock OF oriental horses is as ne
ccssary preserve an improved breed, as it was in
the first instance to obtain IT; and far from the
Direct cross not producing the finest animals both for
strength. speed and beauty. it is capable of proof
and the history Of the English horse will demon
strate it, that the best and breeders England
ever had, were the and daughters, and at far
thest the grand sons and grand daughters of the
Arabian: and that they have DEPRECATED in proper
ton they were removed from these points. The
first evidence would offer, in supper, of the
ton is the established weights the English
different dates from the time of the introduction
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 period, their horses continued TO improve
in speed and bottom, while the weights greatly
increased aged horses then carried 68 pounds, and
wp< 4 at four miles, from seven minutes twenty
sec,4rs. seven minutes fifty seconds from tina,
time say from ITO to ITS to the days of Eclipse.
they discontinued tho breeding from the Arab an,
and their weights have been gradually decreasing:
tracks to ! 10 pounds; and on none, believe,
are they higher than 1873 ponnds; yet there not
now in England or America racer that can run the
distance in the same time i'll which 1t was formerly
done with their heavy weights The next evidence
is, the horses themselves barley Arabian got Fly
ing Childers, who is .nid TO have run four miles in
SIX minutes aud forty seconds. Flying Chiders get
many fine racers; but none that pqualled himself
Godophin Arabian got the dam of Eclipse bu,
Eclipse never got his equal, though he got many
fine racers-viz; Regulus, Volunteer, &c. R-gulus
got many champions Of the turf but neither him nor
his progeny produced another Regucs. Nertumnus
got Baronet, but Baronct got a horse as sue.
cessfui on the turf himself sire. Volunteer go,
Spread Eagle, Sterling &C.; but Sterling and Spread
Eagle never got their own equal much less the equal
of Volunteer Janus and Fearnought got ny TO.
dolphin Arabian During the days of those horses, Viz
ginia famed for fine saddle horses rs well rs
istnf now, IL is almost provcrbisl that
the blood horse Of Virginia rarely produces a fine
turf horse capable OF running four miles with
1853 pounds Uhe former weights in good time
Our best races made by young horses Carving
light weights; and it is fact. and which is well
worthy the consideration of rasers, that with the pre
sent light weights many Of first horses break down
in training and very few remain longer than two Years
on the turf Their bone, snew, and muscle are not in
proTor,ion their size and weght-aad their legs Of
te give way in training exercise. II is believed there
is not in the United States single high>blooted
horse that has descended from the same stock viz
the Godolphin Arabian and generally speaking bohby
dam and sire. Can strong, active, healthy and vipor.
horse be reasonably expected by propags,ing from
such near connexions! Every farmer knows the efec,
crossing in and in has cattle. sheep, &c; but we
not to have anticipated the conse quence TO the
noble and useful Of animals by tn violation of the
law of nature, which forbids inces,uous connexions;
hut it carries with its corrective in the slow but
certain destruction of the species Such being the con-
of our system, it would seem strange that
we continue to pursue it-Many attempts have been
made TO alter it-many fine horses haze been imported
from England, hut they have furnished no remedy for
the eyil-:he English and American race horse being
of the same stock. The difficulty and enormous exo
pense of obtaining the true-blooded Arabian has pre-
vented the importation of many Of them into this
country. 1t is affirmed by writer's and travellers tina,
those of the sacred blood, las they caled are val
ued from 500 to 5000 pounds sterlng-they are con-
sdered consecrated breed, designed for the use of
the Prophet and his descendants; and great prriu
dice exists to selling them at all Tapn in his snort
ing Dictionary published in 1903, vol /, page ~, re
marks-"that they mostly consigned as presents
to his Majesty some Of the Royal Family and their
pedigree Of their blood is recorded with much care
English Nobility" But, it cannot ba necessary to e,l
logze this matchless breed of horses to recommend
them to- the American sportsman; he must know that
it was by crossing this stock that the sluggish and
cold-blooded horse Of England, was converted into
the beautiful and hghmetlled courscr II is only ne
cessary to satisfy him that the WINTER ARABIAN
is one Of true sock-so many attempts have been
made TO impose on public crcdulity by palming on
them spurious horses for the Arabian that the evidence
the stock should be satisfactory and Conclusive
The Winter Arabian was captured during the late war
of 1814 then one year old, by the privaieer Grampus
Of Bsltin ore, on board the brig Doris, his Britannia
Msesty's Transport, No. $50, her passage iron,
Senegal in Africa to Portsmouth in England; and was
intended present for the then Prince Regent late
King of England (see Niles Weekly Register, vol.
vii. page 49,
Winter Arabian was sold rs part of the cargo of
the captured brig, and was purchased by Elisha J
Winter Eco. then a member of Congress from the
State of New York; after the purchase he through
highly respectable mercantile house in New York.
caused an inquiry to be made Of Colonel Broornfcld
aud MIR. Douglas, superIntendans Of His Maiestys
stud at Hampton Court by whom he was informed
that full-booded Arabian was shipped in the brig
eorls IRON Senegal for his Majesty, and there was
doubt OF his bcInV of the Arm etn