CHAPTER XL 



COLONIAL HORSE HISTORY PENNSYLVANIA, NEW JERSEY, 

 MARYLAND, CAROLINA. 



Penn's arrival in 1682 Horse racing prohibited Franklin's newspaper 

 Conestoga horses Sizes and gaits Sweedish origin Acrelius' statement. 

 NEW JERSEY Branding Increase of size Racing, Pacing, and Trotting 

 restricted MARYLAND Racing and pacing restricted 1747 Stallions of 

 under size t<> be shot. NORTH CAROLINA First settlers refugees SOUTH 

 CAROLINA Size and gait in 1744 Challenges No running blood in the 

 colony 1744 General view. 



WHEN William Penn arrived on this side of the water (1682) 

 and took possession of his princely gift from Charles II., he 

 found the eastern border of his new province already occupied, 

 though sparsely, by an industrious and enterprising people. 

 The old Swedish colonists as well as a sprinkling of Englishmen 

 and other nationalities had been there for a good many years, and 

 were beginning to get the necessaries as well as the comforts of 

 life about them. For their numbers, they had a fair supply of 

 horses, cattle, sheep, and swine; and the growing of cereals and 

 fruits of all kinds showed encouraging progress, with the 

 promise of plenty. The new proprietor was gladly welcomed 

 and his rule proved kindly and beneficent. In a letter to Lord 

 Ormonde, after his arrival, Mr. Penn, in describing the condition 

 of things in his new colony, says: "The horses are not very hand- 

 some, but good." The public affairs of Penn's grant, before his 

 arrival, had been administered in the name of the Duke of York, 

 from about the time New Amsterdam had surrendered to the 

 English, and hence we find sundry regulations with regard to 

 the horse in force before that event. 



The first of these, having the efficacy of law, was in the year 

 1676, requiring all horses to be branded, and officers appointed 

 to do the branding and keep a record of the fact. Besides the 

 individual brands, each town had its own brand that had to be 

 applied ,and by this double marking it was supposed that strays 



