COLONIAL HORSE HISTORY—VIRGINIA.
Hardships of the colonists—First importations of horses—Racing
prevalent in the seventeenth century—Exportations and then
importations prohibited—Organized horse racing commenced 1677
and became very general—In 1704 there were many wild horses
in Virginia and they were hunted as game—The Chincoteague
ponies accounted for—Jones on life in Virginia, 1720—Fast
early pacers, Galloways and Irish Hobbies—English race horses
imported—Moreton’s Traveler probably the first—Quarter racing
prevailed on the Carolina border—Average size and habits of
action clearly established—The native pacer thrown in the
shade by the imported runner—An Englishman’s prejudices 108-119