The U.S. Air Force bestowed upon the University of Florida a $100.000 grant to see if the noise of low-flying F-4 Phantom fighter jets would have a negative effect on pregnant horses in the Southwest.

If you're a motorist passing through Pennsylvania and sight a team of horses coming toward you, you must pull well off the road, cover your vehicle with a blanket or canvas that blends in with the countryside, and let the horses pass. If one of the horses is skittish, you must take your car apart piece by piece and hide it under the nearest bush.

If you're riding through Charleston South Carolina, your horse has to be wearing a diaper. It's the law.

In Maysville West Virginia, the law says anyone meeting a horse and buggy on the road must bow from the waist.

In 1876 a MR. Mathewson, of Gilroy California, invented a gasoline motorcar that looked like a horse. His idea was so that it would not frighten real horses.

Alexander Sluchevsky, a wealthy resident of Kharov Ukraine, traveled by train to St. Petersburg once every year. He always rode a flat-car seated in his own carriage, which was hitched to a team of horses, so that he could continue the journey in case the train broke down.