HORSE-RACING IN LANCASTER COUNTY By HERBERT H. BECK and WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER The earliest recorded organized trials of speed with horses were the chariot-races at the Greek national festivals, of which the most notable were the Olympic games, held every fourth year. Greek sculpture frequently

also the capital of Pennsylvania from the summer of 1799 until the autumn of 1812. Carefully preserved among the archives of the Lancaster County Historical Society is an interesting old handbill, published in 1809 by the then well- known printer of Lancaster, William Greer. It is headed, "A List of

. Worner supplementary to series of H. Frank Eshleman. Primary Material: Book Subject(s): Pennsylvania Packet and General Advertiser (newspaper) Lancaster (Pa.)--History--18th century. Lancaster (Pa.)--History--1775-1865. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1926 Description

and County supporting the government in its attitude toward France / by William Frederic Worner. Primary Material: Book Subject(s): Adams, John, 1735-1826. Lancaster (Pa.)--History--1775-1865. France--History--Revolution, 1789-1799. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1928

, John Clement, 1876-1940. Lancaster (Pa.)--History--1775-1865. Lancaster (Pa.)--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1927 Description: 3-5 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 31, no. 1

governor, through the following letter : "Lancaster, Pa., "May 25th, 1812. "To His Excellency, the Commander-in-Chief: "During the long space of time wherein other nations, under the scourge of ambitious and profligate princes, have been the victims of destructive wars, 1 Pennsylvania Archives, Second

tavern, on the turnpike road, nine miles from the borough of Lancaster, to celebrate the triumph of Republicanism. They were joined by a number of their fellow-citizens. After performing some military evolutions, and firing sixteen rounds in honor of the day, the company sat down to an excellent dinner

day before Congress declared that a state of war existed between the United States and Great Britain, a large and re- spectable meeting of the Friends of Peace, consisting of at least four hundred farmers, was held in Lancaster borough on Wednesday evening, June 17th, 1812. The Lancaster Journal

THE PROMOTION OF INDUSTRY AND PREVENTION OF PAUPERISM. We, whose names are hereunto subscribed, citizens of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, have entered into an association for the purpose of alleviat- ing the evils of poverty and mitigating the wants and sufferings of the poor in the city of

pp. 335-51, of the Proceedings of The Lancaster County Historical Society. 1 Lancaster Journal, Friday, January 16th, 1829. 2 In a letter, dated Lancaster, Pa., January 14th, 1829, and addressed to John Reynolds, editor of the Lancaster Journal, Major John Getz stated that he was present at the