Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1831-03-25

0~ south of Richmond, and thirty three t
49, South Of Pe,ersburg-ffteen north-es ,
al prunswick Courthouse, Lawrenceve. and eight
teen northwest OF Belheld and be let to mares at
thirty Dollars the to be discharged by the pay
meni of twenty Dollars any time during the season
ten Dollars the leap, and fifty dollars the insurance.
aud Dollar in every case to the groom. The sea
son will commence the 18th of February. and term-
nate the 10th of July. Good APasturagc for mares
rr,t.-and those who wsh can have them we'll fed
and strictly attended to at reasonable prices but no
responsibility for escapes or accidents.
The subscriber coDgrotulatcs the breeders OF Tine !
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
ioraed in the last eighty years. n fact that must be
conceded by all intelligent and candid sporsmcn; and
that, that deterioration has been produced by the
lrictce of breeding IN and IN, it Is called. (that
~, fom the stock is presumed will also be
admitted. Al or the most digcnt inquiry and care
fll investigation, believe the most successful rais-
III Virginia pursuedcd hat an occasional re-
sort The origina! stock OF oriental horses Is as ne
ccsSary TO preserve an improved breed, as II was III
the first instance 10 obtain It; and so far from the
direct not producing the finest animals both for
strength, speed and beauty, 1t is capable OF proof.
and he history Of the English horse viii demon-
s.ate it. that best racers and breeders England
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 they removed from these points The
first evidence would offer, in support of the asser
ton is the established ghts the English
at different dates, from the time of the introduction
dolphin Arabian; which included period of about
fly years. They were breeding extensively from
oren al horses, including Barbs md Turks During
that period, their horses continued improve
in speed and bottom while the weights were greatly
increased; aged horses then carried SO pounds and
with that an four miles. from seven minutes twenty
seconds, to seven mnItrs fifty seconds from that
time. say from 1870 1875 TO he days of Eclipse,
they discontinued the breeding from the Arabian,
and their weights have been gradually decreasing;
tracks la | 10 pounds and on none, believe,
tlNa,1 thnr.,
IN England or America racer that the
distance IN the same time in which i formerly
done with their heavy weights The next evidence
Is, the horses themselves. Dlrlcy Arabian got Fly
ing Chiiers, who is said to have run four miles in
SIX minutes and forty seconds Flying Chldcrs got
macy fine racers; but none that rqualed himself
G"dolPhin Arabian got the dam of Eclipse, but
Eclipse never got his own equal, though he got many
fine racers-viz; Rcgulus, Volunteer, &c. Reg illus
got many champions of the turf but neither him nor
his progeny produced another Regnles Vertumnus
got Baronct, but Baronet never got horse sue.
cessful on the turf himself or sire. Volunteer got
Spread Eagle, Sterling, &C.; but Sterling and Spread
Eagle never got their equal, much less the equal
of Volunteer Janus and Fearnought were got by Go.
dolphin Arabian. During the days of those horses,
Einia was famed for fine saddle horses, as well as
distinguished racers; now II is almost uver5ia that
the blood horse of Virginia rarely produces II fine
saddle horse: nor have we, l believe, single
turf horse Capable OF running, four miles with
1853 pounds the former weights) in good time.
our best made by young horses carrying
IA. lat weights aud i; is fact. aud which is we'll
worthy the Ot that with the
seat hight weights many o our first horses break down
training, aud very few remain longer than years
the turf Their bone, sinew, and muscle not in
proportion to their size and weGhtand their legs of
ten give training exercise. 1t is believed there
is not in the United States single high>bloode
horse has descended from, the same stock viz
the Godoipbn Arabian and generally speaking bothby
dam md sire Can strong, active, healthy and vgor-
horse be reasonably expected by propag atng from
such exuns? Every farmer knows the efFec,
crossing in and in has on cattle, sheep, &c; but we
not to have anticipated the quence to the
most noble and useful of anmals, by IN violation the
law OF nature, winch torb.ds incesluous conuexions
Tut 1t Carries with it its corrective in the slow but
certan dSstTucton of the species. Such being the con-
sequence of system, it would seem strange that
continue to pursue t-Mdny attempts have been
made TO ter it 1lany fine horses have been imported
from England, hut they have furnished remedy for
the evil-;hc English and American race horse being
-! The same stock. The difficulty and enormous ex.
pense of obtaining the truebooded Arabian, has pre-
vented thr importation OF many of them into this
cmmtry. T. - affirmed by writer's and travellers, that
those "f the sacred blood (ss they caed) are val
urd from 500 10 5000 pounds stering-they are con.
81 Tered a consrcrated breed, designed for the nee IS
fie pru het and descendants; and a great preiu
dee to selling them at all Taplin in his Sport
ing Dictionary published in 1908, vol. l. page AZ re
Hnarks-."1at they mostly consigned as presents
O." MS Majesty or some ut the Royal Family, and their
pedigree 0i ter blood IS recorded with as much care
and anaclty, as the geneaIogy of the ancient
English Mobility" But, it cannot be necessary To on
logic this matccss breed of horses, to recommend
them to the American sportsman; hc must know tina,
by crossing on this stock, that the sluggish and
coId-b!oydeI horse Of England, was converted mi
the beautiful and high heted courser. II is ONLY me-
cessary To satisfy him that the WINTER ARABIAN
- one Of true sock-so many attempts have been
made 10 impose on public credulity by paIming on
spurious horses for the Arabian that the evidence
= he true stock should be satisfactory and conclusive
The Winter Arabian captured during the late war
10 1871, then one year DID, by the privsteer Grampus
Of Baun ore, board The brig Doris his Britannia
M,Jesty's Transport, No. $50, her passage from
Senegal in Africa, to Portsmouth in England and was
drd present for the then Prince Regent late
K'rg of England. See Niles Weekly Register, vol.
vi. page 49,
WINTER Arabian was sold part Of the ca RIO of
thn captured brig, aud purchased by Elisha J.
Wuter E.q. then Il 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 Drooinield
ana Mr.. Douglas, supenntendans Of His Macsty's
stud at Hampton Court ny whom lIe was informed
bat full-blooded Arabian was shipped in the brig
Doris, from Senegal for his Majesty and there was