Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1831-03-31

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of Rrunswick Courthouse, Lawrenceville. and eight
teen northwest OF Belfeld, and be let to mares at
thirty Dollars the season, 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 termi-
nate the 10th Of July. Good pasturage for mares
gratis and those who wish, can have them well fed
and strictly attended to at 4 reasonable price; 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 n valuable cross. That the
American aud English race horse has greatly deter
ioratcd in the last eighty years. is a fact that must be
conceded by all Intelligent and candid sportsmen; and
that. that deterioration has been produced b. the
practice Of breeding in and IN, as il Is called. THAT
,s, from the Same stock it is presumed will also be
admitted. AT or the most diligcnt inquiry and care
full investigation, | believe ttonos, succcssis! rais-
crs in Virginia arc persuaded that an occasional re-
sort to the original stock OF oriental horses is as ne
cessary 10 preserve an improved breed, as it was in
the first instance to obtain It; and 81 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 race horse will demon
stratc it. that the best racers and breeders England
ever had, were 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 l would offer, in support of the asser-
ton is, the established weights on the English course
at different dates, from the time of the introduction
OF the D1rCy fNTaOlau. until tnO uchtn OF tic 10
dolphin Arabian; which included u period of about
fifty years. Thoy were breeding extensively from
oriental horses, including Barbs and Turks. During
that entire period, their horses continued TO improve
in speed and bottom, while the weights were greatly
nv eEscb aged horses then carried 1893 pounds. and
WIZ, a n; ran four miles, from seven minutes twenty
scc,sI'r. to seven minutes fifty seconds; from that
time. say from 100 to l7T5 to tho days of ECLIPSE,
they discontinued the breeding from the Arabian,
and their weights have been gradually decreasing:
on some tracks to ll9 pounds; and on none, I believe,
are they higher than l33 pound; yet there Is Not
now in England or America q racer that can run the
distance IN the same time m which 1t was formerly
done with their heavy weights. The next evidence.
is, the horses themselves. barley Aru5Iun 90, Fly-
ing ChilGcrs. who ls said To have run tour miles IN
six minutes aud forty seconds. Flying Childers got
many fine racers; but none that qualiel himself
Godolphin Arabian got the dam OF Eclipse, but
Eclipse never got his own equal, though he 20, MANY
fine racers-vIZ; Rrgulus, Volunteer, &c. Rcnu.un
got many champions of the turf bat neither INN nor
his progeny produced another Rrgulcs. Ver,umnus
got Bsronet, but Baronet never got a horse a . sic.
cessful on the turf as himself or sire. Volunteer got
Spread Eagle, Sterling, &c; but Sterling and Spread
Eagle never cot their own equal, much less the equal
of Volunteer. Janus and Fesrnought we're got by 60.
dolphin HrabiaD. During the days cf those horAes, yir.
gina was famed for fine saddle horses, as well "a
distlng uished racers; now, it is almost proverbiaI, tina,
the blood horse Of Virginia rarely produces a fine
saddle horse: nor have we, I believe, a single
turf horse capable Of running four mics with
lcS pounds (the former weights in good time
Our best races are made by young horses oarr,in,
light weights; and it is a fact. and one which is veil
worthy the consideration of raj5ers, that With the rrc.
sent light weights many Of our first horses break dnu.r
IN training, and very few remain longer than two wears
IN the turf. Their bone, sinev ", aud muscle are me-, in
to their size aud weight-aad their legs of.
ten give way in training exercise. It is believed 9bcra
is not now in the United States a single hieh.bloodcd
horse that has not descended from the same stock. viz.
the Godolphin Arabian. and generally speaking. bo,hby
dam and sire. Can a strong. active, healthy and vicor-
Gus horse be reasonably expected by propapatinp from /
near come xions? Every farmer knows the effect
crossing in and in has on cattle, sheen. &c. hui wo
seem not to have anticipated the CONSEQUENCE 10 the
most noble and useful of animals, by TN, violation of The
Of nature, which furbids incestuous connev;ons,
but 1t carries with II its own corrective, in the slow but
Certain destruction OF the sDeGies. Such being the CON
sequence of our system, it would seem strange ,h.,
we CONTINUE TO pursue it-Many attempts have bcen
made To after it-mary fine horses have been ;n,nor,sJ
rom England, hut they have furnished no remedy for
he cvIl-the English and American race horse being
IF the same stock. The difficulty and enormous rxn'
oense OF obtaining the true-blooded Arabian, has nre-
vented the importation OF many of them into this
country. 1t is affirmed by writer's and travellers. Tim,
those of the sacred blood, las they are Called ar. v,I
led from 500 to 5000 pounds sterlipg-thev p cnn
sidered a consecrated breed, designed for the use of
The Prophet and his descendants; and a great prr;,.
exists to selling them at all. Taplin, in hs So,
ing Dictionary published in 1908, vol. /, page -. re
they are mostly consigned as presents
10 his Majesty or some of the Royal Family, and their
pedigree Of their blood is recorded with "a much cana
and tenacity, 40 the genea!ogy Of the most ancien,
English Nobility" But, it canno, be necessary In cn.
Iogize this matchless breed of horses, to recomme nd
Them to the American sportsnan; he mus, know. rha,
was ~ crossing on this stock. that the sluggish and
horse Of England, was converted mo
The beautiful and high-mettled courser. It is only NO.
cessary TO satisfy him that the WINTER ARABIAN
one OF true s,ock-so many attempts have been
made TO impose on public credulity by paIu,;,g on
hem spurious horses for the Arabian, that the evidence
n the true stock should be satisfactory and concIus;ye
The Winter Arabian was captured during the late war
1914, then one year old, by the privateer Grannus
Baltimore, on board the brig Doris, his Britannia
senegal in Africa, to Portsmouth IN England. aud S..
intended as a present for the then Prince Regent, l,.r
King OF England. jSee Niles Weekly Register, vol.
Vii. page 49, we
Winter Arabian was sold as a port Of the CARGO Of
ne captured brig, and was purchased by Elisha !.
w inter Esq Then a member of Congress from rhc
Stntc Of New York; after the pnrcho@Se. he ,h,on,h ,
lIghiy respectable mercantile house IN New York.
'auscd ON inquiry TO be made of Colonel BroonGcld
i"d mr.; Douglas, superintendent Of His Maiesty's
'tuh Of lI,tnpton Court by whom he was informed.
hat a iuil-bIoodtd Arabian was shipped IN the br,g