Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1831-06-20

IN %Y miles South II Richmond, aud tn. NY
es1sEzksn three South ,fPetersburg-fieen mort:
cast of Brunswick Courthouse, Lowr, pcev,l e and
eighteen north west If Beficd, and be let TO
mares at thirty Dollars the season, to DC discharged
by the payment of twenty Dollars any time DUNG
the season-ten Dollars the leap, and fifty dolars
the insurance, and one Dollar every case 10 the
groom The will commence the 18th of
February, and terminate the 10th OF July. Good
Pasturage for mares grais-snd those who wish, can
have them well fed and strc y att' Uded 10 at
sonabe price; but responsibility for escapes ac-
cidents.
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
American and English race horse has greatly deter
iorated in the last eighty years is fact that be
conceded by all intelligent and candid sport smen; and
that, that deterioration has been produced BY the
practice of breeding in and in as 1t is called, hat
Is, from the stock Is presumed will also be
admitted. After the most dilIgent inquiry and
full investigation, believe the most successful rails
ers Virginia are persuaded that an occasional re-
sort TO the original stock of oriental horses is
cesssry to preserve improved breed, as was IN
the first instance to obtain ii; and so 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
strae it, that the best and breeders England
ever lad, were the and daughters, and at far
thest, the grand and grand-daughters of the
Arabian and that they have deprecated 10 proper
ton as they we've removed from the points. The
first evidence would offer, in support of the asser
ton the established weights the English course
at different dates from the time of the Introduction
of The barley Arabian, until the d ath of the Go.
dolphin Arabian, which included period of about
fifty years. They we're breeding extensively from
oriental horses, including Barbs acd Turks. During
hat entire PERIOD their horses continued TO improve
In speed and bottom, while the weights were greatly
lncreased aged horses then carried 68 pounds, and
| with that ran four miles, from seven minutes twenty
seconds, to seven minutes fifty seconds; from that
time say from 1870 to 1775 TO the DAYS of Eclipse
/ discontinued breednp from he Arehj
and their weights have been gradually decreasing:
some tracts to 1 10 pounds; and none, believe,
are they higher than 1873 pounds; yet there not
now in England or America racer that can run The
distance in the time. in which it was formerly
done with their heavy weights The next evidence
is, the horses themselves. DaIleS Arabian got Fly
i2g Childers, who is said to have four miles In
AK minutes and forty seconds. Flying Childers got
many fine racers; but that equalled himself,
Godolphiu Arabian got the dam of Eclipse but
Eclipse never got his equal though he got many
fine racers-viz. Regulus, Volunteer, &c. Regulus
got many champions of the turf, but neither ha
his progeny produced another Regulus. Verumnus
got Baronet, but Baronet never got horse suc5
ces>fu the turf rs himself srP. 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 by Godolphin Arabian. During the days of
those horses Virginia was famed for fine saddle
horses, well as distinguished racers; now, it is
almost proverbial, that the blood horse of Virginia
| rarely produces fine saddle horse: nor have we,
believe, single turf horse capable of running four
miles with l68 pounds (ihe former weighs) In
good time. Our best racers are made ny young
norses carrying light weights; and IT is fact, d
one which is well worthy the ccnsiderat on OF rai'
scrs, that with the present light weights many Of
Our first horses break down IN training, and very
few remain longer than two years on the
turf. Their bone sincW, and muscle not in
proportion TO thelrslz and weghIand heir legs Of
give wayn training exercise. 1t is believed heI C
IS not in the United States single high booded
horse that mas not descended from the same stock
the Godolphn Arabian, and generally speaking
b. til Ey dam and sire. Can roTg, active, healthy
sod vigorous morse be reasonably cxpec ed by pro-
Jag ting f ON such near Connexions? Every Iner
knows tn Ell ct crossing III ana IN has cat le.
'neer, sc; bal seem 10. to have anticIpa ca the
consequence 10 The most noble and useful of ANNALS
~ the violation OF the law of nature, viii forbid
iHc. connexions; but 1t cares with its
corTec,Ivc the slow but cIt,in des rucon Vt tie
species. Such being the consequence ofour sy,tem,
II would seem strange hat Couinue To pursue
Ilt--ii8ny attempts huys hes. mode 20 tier It
.isns / e .,T--s nave zen .mDofIed from England
| .ul they have Gurs 81 remedy % the evil h,
| Ergl-h ara America" morse beng OF the same
Is-p,k lie u!Tcu, and enormous expense ,i
10 aiming 'aa true no ced A5aoIrh. mas prevrntt d
i the a.por Oi many # them into This ~.
| l. j, affirmed by wrt"s ana trav' ers that those
| f he sacred tlpod, las they caledl are v8med
f ON 500 to BONO pounds serling-they are coDsid-
cred a cnnsrcrated breed designed Ter the Use of
the Prophet g. his descendants; and great pr, lud
inc Die ion~ry published III 1903 vol. T. page Al,
ma ks-'rhat they mostly cen igned presents
to his Majesty or Of the Royal Family and their
pedigree of their blood recorded with much care
and enacity, the geneol gy of the ancient
English Mobility But, it cannot be necessary eu-
logic this matchlcss breed of horses, recommend
them to the American sport man he must know, that
it was by crossing hs stock, that the sluggish and
cold blooded nurse o! England, converted into
the beautiful snd h'gh-mettled courser. 1t is only
necessary TO satisfy him that the WINTER ARA
BIAN is one OF true stuck-so many attempts have
been made to impose on public credulny by painting
on them spurious horses for the Arakan, that the
evidence in the true stock should be satisfactory
: conclusive The Winter Arabian was captured du
rino the late war of 1914 then year old, by the
privateer Grampus of Baltimore, on hoard the brig
: Doris his Britannia MajestY's Transport, No $50
ON her passage from Senegal in Air cal to Ports
mouth in England; and was Intended as present for
= the then Prince Regent, late King Of England lSee
!, Niles Weekly Register, vol VII page l6
Winter Arabian was sold az part of The cargo Of
The captured brig, ard was purchased by Elisha J
| Winter ESQ then member OF Congress from the
II State Of New York; after the purchase, he through
highly respectable mercantile house in New York
"a 80, IN no made of Colonel BroCmhplr