Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1831-03-23

of Brunswick Courthouse, Lawrencevile. and eight
teen northwest OF Beheld, and be let TO mares at
thirty Dollars the to be discharged by the pay
ment of twenty Dollars any time during the season.
ten Dollars the leap and fifty dollars the insurance,
SON will commence the 18th of February, and termi
nate the 10th OF July. Good pastursgc for mares
grats-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 congratuates the breeders Of 6ne
horses the opportunity now offered them Of I'M
provrr their stock, by valuable cross. That the
Anne rcan and English horse has greatly deter
ioraed in the last eighty years fnct that must be
conceded BY Ill intelligent and candid sportsmen; aud
that, that deterioration has been produced by the
practice of breeding IN and IN as II IS called. (that
is, from the stock) 1t presumed will also BE-
admitted. AT or the most dgent inquiry and care
tu investigations believe the successful rails
IN Virginia arc pursuadcd that occasional re-
sort To the original stock OF oriental horses ne
cessary to preserve improved breed, it was in
the FIRST Instance TO obtain IT; aud far from tho
direct not producing the finest animals boh for
strength. speed and beauty 1T is capable OF proof,
and the history OF the English race horse will demon
sratc it, that the best and breeders England
ever had, were the SONS and daughters, and at far
thcst the grand sons and grand daughters Of the
Arabian: and that they have DEPRECATED IN proper
tion they removed from these points. The
first evidence would offer in support Of the asser
ton ia 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 a period of about
fifty years. They breeding extensively from
oriental horses, including Barbs and Turks During
that entire period, their horses continued TO improve
IL speed and bottom, while the weights were greatly
increased; aged hcrscs then carried l6B pounds and
with that ran four miles, from minutes twenty
seconds, 10 seven minutes fifty seconds; from that
time, say from l770 10 IT'S to The days of Eclipse,
they discontinued the breeding from the Arabian,
and their weights have been gradually decreasing:
tracks TO ! 10 pounds; aud none believe,
arc they higher th-n 1873 pounds; yet there is not
now III England OF America a racer that run the
distance III the same time IN which II formerly
done with their heavy weights. The next evidence
is, the horses themselves. barley Arabian rot Fly
ing Childers, who is sand to have four miles IN
SIX minutes aud forty seconds Flying Childcrs got
many fine racers; but none that equacd himself
Gudolphn Arabian got the dam of Eclipse. but
Eclipse never got his own equal, though he got many
fine racers-v,z; Regulus. Volunteer, &c. Reeulus
got many champions of the turf, but neither hun nor
his progeny produced another Regules Vcr,umnus
got Baronet, but Baronet got a horse as sue
cessful on the turf himself sire. Volunteer got
Spread Eagle, Sterling, &C.; but Sterling and Spread
Eagle never got their equal, much less the equal
OF Volunteer. Janus and Fesrnought got By Co.
dolphin Arabian During the days Of those horses Vir
gInia was famed for fine saddle horses, as well as
dislinP ushed racers now II is almost Overhaul that
the blood horse of Virginia rarely produces fine
saddle horse: nor have we, believe, a single
turf horse capable OF running four miles with
loS pounds (the former weights) in good time
Our best races are made by young horses CARRYING
hit weights; and il is fact. aud which is well
worthy the consideration OF that with the
seat hight weights many of Our FIRST horses break dow
training, and very few remain longer than years
the turf Their bone, sine~, and muscle are not in
proportion to their and weght-aad their legs of.
ten give way in training exercise. II is believed there
is not in the United States single high>blooded
horse that has descended from the same stock viz
the GodOlphn Arabian and generally speaking bothby
dam and sire Can strong, active, healthy and yror-
horse be reasonably expected by propagatnc from
such connexOnsi Every farmer knows the effect
crossing in and in has cattle, sheep, &c; hut we
IN h9y atpI he
most noble and useful OF animals by tn, violation Of the
law of nature, which forbids ncestuous connexions.
1u, carries with ITS own corrective in the slow but
Certain destruction OF the species Such being the con-
sequence Of our system, il would seem strange that
we continue to pursue it-Mlny attempts have been
made to ter it-many fine horses have been imported
from England, hut they have furnished no remedy for
the eVil--;he English and American race horse being
OF the same stock The difficulty and enormous ex, .
pense Of obtaining the trueblooded Arabian has pre-
vented the importation OF many of them into this
country IL Is affirmed by writer's and travellers tina,
those of the sacred blood they are caled are val
ued from SOY to 5000 pounds stering-they con.
adereh cOn5ecrated breed, designed for the use Of
The Prophet and descendants; and great preiu
dice exists to selling them at all Tapn, in his Sport
ing D'c'ionary published in 1903, vol l, page AZ, re
maTkS-''that they are mostly consigned as presents
To hIs Majesty or come of the Royal Family and their
pedigree Of their blood is recorded with as much care
and toha1ity, as the geneslogy of the most ancient
English Nobility. But, cannot be necessary 10 Ell
logic this Dachless breed Of horses TO recommend
them to the American sportsman; he must know that
IT was by crossing on this stock that the sluggish and
cold blooded horse Of England, was converted n,o
the beautiful and high-meted coutser II is only ne
cessary to satisfy him that the WINTER ARABIAN
10 one OF true s'ock-so many attempts have been
made TO impose public credulity by paminp nm +
them spurious horses for the Arabian that the evidence
OF the true stock should be satisfactory and conclusive
The Winter Arabian was captured during the late war
in 1811 then one year DID, by the prvaieer Crsmpus
of Baltimore on board the brig Doris his Britannia
Msjesty's Transport, No. $50, her passage from
Senegal in Africa to Portsmouth in England; and was
intended present for the then Prince Regent late
King of England. jSee Niles Weekly Register, vol.
vii. page 49,
Winter Arabian sold as part of the cargo of
the captured brig, and was purchased by Elisha j.
Winter Eco then member Of Congress from The
State OF New York; after the Purchase, he through
highly respectable mercantile house in New York
caused al inquiry TO be made Of Colonel Broonfield
and Mr. Douglas superintendent OF His Maesty's
stud at Hampton Court, by whom he was informed
that ful-blooded Arabian WIS shipped in the brig
Doris, from Senegal for his Majesty and there was
no doubt of his being Of the best Arabian stock This