Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1831-04-08


0 South of Richmond, and thirty three
0a1 South Of Petersburg-ffteen northeast
Of Brunswick Courthouse. Lawrencevle. and eight
teen northwest of Bel6eld, and be let to at
thirty Dollars the season, be discharged the pay
ment Of twenty Dollars any time during the season.
ten Dollars the leap, and fifty dollars the insurance,
son viii 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 reasonable price; but no
responsibility for escapes or accidents.
The subscriber congrutulates the breeders of fine
horses on the opportunity now offered them OF I'M
proving their stock, by valuable That the
American and English race horse has greatly deter
orated in the last eighty years s fact that must be
conceded by all intelligent and candid sportsmen; and
that, that deterioration has been produced by the
practice of breeding IN and an, as II is called. tbat
is, from the same sIock it is presumed will also be
admitted. AT err the most dlligent inquiry and care
full investigation, believe the successful rails
ers in Virginia pursucded that occasional -
sort to the original stock OF oriental horses Is
cessary to preserve improved breed, as it>was in
the first instance to obtain IT. and so far from the
direct not producing the finest animals bot tor
strength, speed and beauty, it is capable Of proof,
and the history of the English horse will demon
strate it, that the best racers and breeders England
ever had, were the sons and daughters, and at far
thes,, 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 support of the asser-
ton lie, the established weights The English course
different dates from the time of the introduction
of the barley Arabian. until the death of the Go
dolphin Arabian; which included q period of about
fifty years. They breeding extensively from
| oriental horses, including Barbs and Turks During
that entire period, their horses continued improve
in speed and bottom, while the weights greatly
nI ease6 aged horses then carried lG8 pounds and
wr<. Cat four miles, from seven minutes twenty
serHts. TO seven minutes fifty seconds from hat
time say from ITO 10 I775 to the days of Eclipse
they discontinued the breeding from the Arabian
md thnr hnv, hcnn ,l,,o'l,
on sone tracks to l9 pounds and on none believe
| are they higher than 1873 pounds; yet there is not
now in England America racer that can run the
distance in the saic time in which It was formerly
done with their heavy weights The next evidence
is, the horses themselves. barley Arabian got Fly
ing Chders, who is said to have tour miles in
SIX minutes and forty seconds. Flying Childcrs got
many fine racers; but none that tqualled himself.
Gudoiphin Arabian got the dam of Eclipse, but
Ecipse never got his own equal, though he got many
fine racers-viz; Regulus, Volunteer, &C. Reg illus
got many champions Of the turf, but neither hun nor
bis progeny produced another Regules. Vertumnus
got Baronet, but Bsronet never got horse as sue
cessfu 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 20; oy Go.
dolphin Arabian. During the days of those horses yir
ginis vas famed for fine saddle horses, as well "a
distinguished racers; now, it il almost proverbal, that
the blood horse of Virginia rarely produces a fine
saddle horse: nor have we, I believe, a single
turf horse capable Of running four miles with
l68 pounds the former weights) in good time
Our best races made by young horses CARVING
light weights; and it is fact and one which is well
worthy the consideration of rasers that with the pre
cent light weights many Of first horses break down
in training, and very few remain longer than two wears
on the turf Their bone, sinew, and muscle are not in
proportion to their size and weigh-aad their legs Of
ten give in training exercise Il is believed there
is now in the United States Single pb.bIoodsd
horse that has not descended from the same stock VIZ
the Godolphn Arabian and generally speakins oothbY
dam and sire Can strong active, healthy and 'gor
horse be reasonably expecte1"y pFopagating from
such mar Every farmer knows the effect
eresnE in aSa IN he's pH fi the e out
most noble and useful of aiInals by tn violation OF the
law Of NATURE which forbids i2cestuous connexions.
but it carries with its own corrective in the slow but
Certain destruction Of the species Such being the
sequence of our system, it would seem strange that
We CONTINUE to pursue it-Many attempts have been
made to alter itmany fine horses have been imported
from England, hut they have furnished no remedy for
the evil-the English and American race borse ba;na
of the same stock. The difficulty and enormous -
pense Of obtaining the true blooded Arabian has re
vented the importation of many of them into this
country is affirmed by writer's and travellers that
those Of the sacred blood las they called are val
ued from 500 to 5000 pounds sterlinp-they are con
sidered consecrated breed, designed for the use or
the prophet and MS descendants; and great preju.
dice exists TO selling them at all Tapln in his sport
ing Dictionary published in 1903, vol. l. page az re
marks-"that they are mostly consigned as presents
to his Majesty or some of the Royal Family and their
pedigree OF their blood is recorded with as much care
and tenac,ty, as the geneslogy Of the most ancient
English Nobility" But, it cannot be necessary to Ell.
logic this matchless breed Of horses, to recommend
them tn the American sportsman; he must know tbs,
it was by crossing on this stock that the sluggish and
cold-blooded horse Of England was converted into
the beautiful snd hgh-metlled courser II is ONLY ne
cessary TO satisfy him that the WINTER ARABIAN |
is one OF true siock--so many attempts have been
made to impose on public creduiy by palminr 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 1874 then year DID, by the privateer Crsmnua
OF Baltimore, on board the brig Doris, his Britannia
aaJestys Transport, No. $50, her passage from
Senegaln Africa to Portsmouth in England; and was
intended as present for the then Prince Regent late
King OF England tSee Niles Weekly register vol
vii. page 49,
Winter Arabian was sold part Of the cargo of
the captured brig, and purchased by Elisha J. |
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 nm inquiry 30 be made Of Colonel Brooinied
and Mr.. Douglas, superintendent of His Maiesty's
stud at Hampton Court. by whom he was informed
That full-blooded Arabian was shipped IN the brig