Cargo of Horses is the fifth book in the Romney Marsh series of novels by Monica Edwards

Monica Edwards

Monica Edwards was an English children's writer of the mid-twentieth century best known for her Romney Marsh and Punchbowl Farm series of children's novels.-Early life:...

, published in 1951 by Collins

HarperCollins

HarperCollins is a publishing company owned by News Corporation. It is the combination of the publishers William Collins, Sons and Co Ltd, a British company, and Harper & Row, an American company, itself the result of an earlier merger of Harper & Brothers and Row, Peterson & Company. The worldwide...

. The book is dedicated to the Society of the Blue Cross

The Blue Cross

The Blue Cross is a registered animal welfare charity in the United Kingdom, founded in 1897 as Our Dumb Friends League. The charity provides support for pet owners who cannot afford private veterinary treatment, helps to find homes for unwanted animals, and educates the public in the...

- a UK national animal welfare charity.

When Tamzin discovers that horses are being shipped to the continent for the meat market, she enlists the help of Jim Decks and his friends to rescue the horses. She, Rissa, Meryon and Roger then have to solve the problem of what to do with all the horses afterward.

Subsequent editions

• Children’s Book Club - 1952, 1953
• Collins Junior Fontana paperback - 1955
• Armada paperback - 1965, 1968
• Collins Pony Library - 1972 (abridged)
• B. Wahlströms Bokförlag - 1972. Swedish hardback translation: Häst-smugglarna
• Lantern Light to Moonlight - 1978 (extract from Chapter VI) Horse and Pony Stories (Octopus)
• John Goodchild - 1984 New edition (updated and abridged)