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United States says that, in 1656, "the horse was 

 multiplied in Virginia, and to improve that noble 

 animal was an early object of pride favored by 

 legislation. Speed was especially valued. " So 

 when native stock is referred to in this way, it 

 may be considered as native only so far back as 

 that time when the Spaniards were landing on 

 the lower coast. 



Getting back from the general horse of Amer- 

 ica to the especial type which is the subject of 

 this article, the honor of having bred, reared, and 

 developed a type of race-horse in America belongs 

 to Virginia and Carolina. Almost up to the 

 time of the Civil War Virginia was known as the 

 race-horse region of America, and the expression 

 " Virginia horse," from Maine to Florida and as 

 far west as the Mississippi River, was taken to 

 mean a superior animal. 



Virginia furnished the first thoroughbreds from 

 England, and by judicious crossing of the get of 

 these established a type which might be called 

 truly American, and Virginia inaugurated a style 

 and kind of racing which from its continuance in 

 popularity and its magnificence in contest might 

 be called the American type of racing. 



As Virginia was the mother of the general 



