worked out in Wallace's work.'^'' The information that concerns 

 the point in question is that in 1656 Adrean van der Donck in a de- 

 scription of the country (New Netherland) speaks of the stock of 

 horses as being of ''proper breed for husbandry" having been 

 brought from Utrecht, and that the stock has not diminished in 

 size and quality. ''They had a very wide fame in that day and were 

 better fitted for agricultural uses than the Connecticut English 

 horses because they were larger and stronger, yei sprightly and 

 active and some of them could run very well. Dutch horses im- 

 ported to Boston in 1635 and later fetched much higher prices (35 

 pounds) than English horses. They were 141/2 hands high, and 

 were better adapted for general purposes than English horses ex- 

 cept the saddle?. The term "Dutch horses" is not to be confused 

 with that of a latter period used exclusively for the great massive 

 draft horses." 



The Cyclopedia of American Agriculture holds that the Barb 

 through the imported Andalusian hors(3s of Spain also forms an 

 important part of the native base on which the improvement of 

 horses in America has been made. According to Wallace the Dutch 

 and English horses kept up a high point of efficiency and develop- 

 ment so that the importation of the first Thoroughbreds there was 

 an undoubtedly first class foundation stock of warm-blooded strains. 



The first Thoroughbred imported to America in 1730 was Bulle 

 Rock from Darley Arabian out of a mare by Byerly Turk.'*° 



He was followed by Bonny Lass by Bay Bolton out of a mare 

 hy Darley Arabian. Further importations followed after this date 

 and before 1782 such notables as Matcham, Stark and Diomed were 

 imported. From these observations there is no doubt that the most 

 popular horse at that time was the progeny of the Thoroughbreds 

 imported from England. 



With these several uew importations, new blood has been in- 

 fused to the Cape Horse. The boundaries of the colony have ex- 

 panded and horse breeding developed most successfully towards 

 the end of the eighteenth century which has also been remarkable 

 for two notable events which affected horse breeding very much. 



In 1719 the later so much dreaded "horse sickness' made its 

 first appearance and swept away some several hundred horses. It 



(38) George McCall Theal "History of South Africa, 1625 to 1795. 



(39) J. H. Wallace "The Horse of America" 1897. 



(40) Merritt W. Harper "Management and Breeding of Horses." 1913. 



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