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from 1846 to 1849, and were run over a one-mile course with two ditches and two stiff five-foot fences described as hurdles, as reported in the Washington, D.C. National Intelligencer.
On November 10, 1865, four horses ran over fences at Lincoln, Mass., and according to the Boston Post, November 11, 1865: “Steeplechasing has hitherto been considered an exclusively English sport, but we are glad to know that through the exertions of some of our first citizens who have taken to breeding thoroughbred horses, that peculiarity of racing is being introduced into this country, and With the aid of several gentlemen from Canada the first steeplechase of any note ever witnessed in this part of the
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