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vestigation clearly establishes the fact that it was the 

 black mare, and not the gray, that produced Dutch- 

 man. This mare Nettie was a brownish black, about 

 i$ l /2 hands high, powerful in form at every point, and 

 was known all, over the country as a very fast roadster. 

 She was bred by Joseph Hinchman, Clarksboro, Glou- 

 cester County, N. J., and sold in 1819, when four years 

 old, to Thomas Davidson, of Swedesborough, and by 

 him transferred to his son-in-law, John D. Norton, of 

 Bridgeport, Gloucester County, N. J., from whom 

 Denny bought her. Both before and after Denny got 

 her, she was recognized as a very formidable animal 

 to encounter, whether under the saddle or in harness. 

 Joseph Hinchman, her breeder, belonged to a fox- 

 hunting club and took great pains in breeding the stout 

 lasting sort, after the model of the English hunter. 

 Denny, although poor and illiterate, had a great pas- 

 sion for horse racing, and the leading aim of his life 

 appeared to be to get a horse that could beat some of 

 the wealthy gentlemen of that neighborhood. With 

 that aim he got Nettie, intending to breed her to Mark 

 Antony, a noted son of Sir Archy, that had just ar- 

 rived in Salem. 



"David Denny was a ship carpenter by trade, a 

 very industrious man, but he had a fondness for grog 

 that often got the better of him. At this time he lived 

 on what was known as the Brick House Farm, a little 

 over two miles from Salem, owned by Ephriam Lloyd. 

 He esteemed Nettie very highly, which was evident 

 from the fact that, poor as he was, he brought her into 

 town to breed her to the fashionable horse Mark An- 

 tony, at $30. But Captain Tuft, or some of his strikers, 

 took advantage of Dave's weekness, and after a few 



