COLONIAL HORSE HISTORY—PENNSYLVANIA, NEW JERSEY, MARYLAND,
CAROLINA.
Penn’s arrival in 1682—Horse racing prohibited—Franklin’s
newspaper—Conestoga horses—Sizes and gaits—Swedish
origin—Acrelius’ statement—NEW JERSEY—Branding—Increase of
size—Racing, Pacing and Trotting restricted—Maryland—Racing and
Pacing restricted 1747—Stallions of under size to be shot—NORTH
CAROLINA—First settler refugees—SOUTH CAROLINA—Size and gait in
1744—Challenges—No running blood in the colony, 1744—General
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