The Horse in History - Basil Tozer

INDEX

Aahmes I., [2]
Acheans, the, [15-17], [20], [72]
Achilles, [12], [15], [49], [99]
Acropolis of Mycenæ, the, [6]
Admiral Guarinos and “Trebizond,” [93]
Æthe, [9]
Agamemnon's mare, [9]
Ailments of horses, [146], [213], [214], [221]
Alcibiades, [25]
Alexander the Great, [54-61]
Aligero Clavileno, [133]
America, cruelty unknown in, [105];
introduction of thoroughbreds in, [287]
Arab horses, a royal gift, [76];
arrival of Markham Arabian, [203], [204];
commencement of fame, [77];
dams, [100];
in the sixth century, [82];
size of, [244];
stallions, [76], [203], [264];
unimportant before time of Mahomet, [87]
Arabs, the, [48], [281]
Archangel Gabriel, the horse of the, [87]
Armenia, [31]
Armour, [44], [112], [134], [140], [225], [234]
Ascot, [270]
Asia Minor, [14], [17]
Assyrians, [9], [19-20]
Athenians, the, [24], [46], [51]
Automobiles, [183], [238], [285]
Babylon, horses of, [4]
“Balassiren,” the, [289]
Barb horses, [178], [183], [184], [230], [243], [244]
Barbary horse, the, [181], [216]
Barrows in Scotland, [91]
Bayard, the Chevalier, [134];
his horsemanship, [135];
mistaken for mythological horse “Bayard,” [136];
his horse Carmen, [135]
Bayeux tapestry, the, [108], [110]
Bedouins, the, [286], [287]
Belgian government, the, [293]
Belisarius, the white-faced horse of, [84]
Bells as race prizes, [177], [205], [208], [245]
Bells of St Paul's melted down, [163]
Bevis of Southampton and “Arundel,” [194]
Bit, the, [18], [19], [201];
discovered at Athens, [40];
flexible, [18], [40];
found in tombs, [91];
not used by Bedouins, [286];
of the Greeks, [51];
Xenophon's advice on, [45]
Black or “great” horse, [233]
Black Prince, the, [125]
“Black Saladin,” [136]
“Blair Atholl,” [288]
Bleeding horses, [221]
“Blue Gown,” [288]
Boadicea, [76], [77]
Board of Agriculture, [293]
Bogdo of Mongolia, the, [291]
Books on horses and hunting, [124], [139], [204], [206], [271]
Brazen steed of Cambuscan, the, [132]
Breeds, improvement in, by Charles II., [242], [250];
by Cromwell, [243], [244];
by the Duke of Buckingham, [225];
by the Duke of Cumberland, [267];
by the Duke of Newcastle, [227], [251];
by Edward III., [125], [130];
by Elizabeth, [144], [153], [222];
by Henry VIII., [148], [167];
by importation from Italy, [180];
by James I., [202], [221];
by James II., [261];
by King John, [114];
by Mahomet, [87];
by the Persians, [114];
by William III., [263];
Committee in the House of Lords on, [288];
enforced by law, [149], [152];
from 1660-1685, [196;]
in Athens, [51];
in England, [108];
in Ireland, [252];
in Middle Ages, [114];
in the sixteenth century, [141];
the seventeenth century, [257];
Cardinal Wolsey's interest in, [143]
Bridles, [51], [64], [135], [237], [286], [291]
Bronze Age, the, [4], [6], [16], [17]
Bronze of Alexander, [61]
Bronze horse in British Museum, [64]
Brood Mare Society, [292]
Bucephalus, [54], [61]
“Byerley Turk,” the, [215], [263], [289]
Caligula's horse—a priest, [79]
Carey's ride, Sir Robert, [197], [198]
“Carmen,” [135]
Cart horses, [207], [236]
Cauldrons and tripods, [11]
Cavalry, [16], [22], [23], [46], [199], [283], [292];
Assyrian, [9];
British, [67], [68];
Cromwell's, [233], [234];
described by Julius Cæsar, [70], [71];
first use of, [7];
Greek, [9], [22];
Hannibal's, [64], [65], [69];
Henry II.'s, [111];
Iberian, [65];
Persian, [114];
Richard II.'s opinion of, [131];
superseded chariots, [74];
Theodosius', [81];
twelfth century, [112];
William the Conqueror's, [107], [109]
Celts, [23], [72]
Chargers, [109], [111], [120], [125], [131], [160], [199], [207], [233], [278], [279]
Chariot races, with Æthe, [9];
at the thirty-third Olympiad, [16];
at Delphi, [23];
won by Alcibiades, [25];
of Philip II., [27];
won by Exænetus of Agrigentum, [32];
in first century A.D., [77];
of the Romans, [172]
“Charioteer, A finished,” [10]
Chariots, [3-21], [24], [65];
Julius Cæsar's description of, [70], [71];
in Ireland, [115];
of the Acheans, [20];
of the Ancient Britons, [20], [68], [69];
Assyrians, [20];
Early Irish, [20];
Egyptians, [3], [14], [20];
Erichthonius, [5];
Gauls, [20], [72];
Greeks, [20];
Hittites, [20];
Libyans, [20];
Persians, [20], [25];
Romans, [72];
Syria, [25];
Thracians, [14], [15];
Vedic Aryans, [20];
with scythes, [25], [26]
Charles I. institutes horse racing in Hyde Park, [224];
interest in horses, [233];
picture in National Gallery, [225];
present of horses, [225];
price of horses, [229];
racecourses in time of, [245]
Charles II., a good whip, [240];
encouraged horse-breeding, [240];
encouraged use of stage coaches, [240];
horsemanship of, [227-229];
love of horse-racing, [246], [259];
restores horse racing, [245]
Charles V. of Germany, [161], [171]
Charles VIII. of France, [138], [139]
Chaucer, [130-132]
Chester Meeting, the, [208];
Charles II. at, [247];
rule for winning owner, [208], [209];
silver bells run for, [208], [245]
Circus riding, [7], [80], [184], [185]
Cobs, [111], [205], [215]
Coins, horses represented on, [26], [27], [65], [75], [103]
Colour, attention to, by Elizabeth, [111], [175];
by Henry II., [111];
by John, [111], [112];
by Richard III., [139];
by Romans, [84];
white and dun horses disliked for, work, [67] (see also [“White horses”)]
Colton, John, [127]
Commandeered horses, [119], [126]
“Common,” [288]
Commonwealth abolishes horse racing, [241-243];
sets back horse breeding, [241-243], [245];
the race horse extinct under, [245]
Cortes' sixteen horses, [169]
Coursers, [207]
Cream-white horses, the Royal, [289]
Cromwell, cavalry of, [233], [234];
favours horse-breeding, [243],
racehorses of, [243]
“Cropping,” [271], [272]
Cross-country matches, [218]
Croton, [8], [22]
Crotonians, [8], [22]
Croydon Race Meeting, [210], [245]
Cruelty, cause of partiality among horses for certain human beings, [129];
of “cropping” and “docking,” [271], [272];
unknown in America, [105]
Cuchulainn Saga, [74]
Cumberland, Duke of, [267]
Cyrene, [21];
famous for steeds and chariots, [31]
“Darley Arabian,” the, [267], [268]
David Hume, [173]
Dead weight, [220]
Declining interest in horses, [182], [183], [291], [292]
Delphi, chariot-race at, [23];
museum at, [32]
Derby, the, [274], [288], [290];
of Mongolia, [291]
Derby, Lord, [11]
Diomed, King, [62]
“Docking,” [42], [271], [272]
“Dodsworth,” [250], [251]
Don Quixote, [133], [189-191]
Doncaster Race Meeting, [175]
“Donovan,” [288]
Driving horses, [144]
Dun-coloured horses, [15], [17], [24], [67], [95], [96], [137]
Echepolus of Sicylon, [9]
“Eclipse,” [267], [268], [273-276], [289]
Edward I., [120]
Edward II., [124]
Edward III., [124], [125]
Edward VI., [171]
Egyptians, [3], [19], [281], [289]
Elizabeth, Queen, [111], [144], [153];
at Doncaster, [175];
at Newmarket, [175];
barbs, the special property of, [178];
fondness for the chase, [187];
her stud, [111], [144];
interest in horses, [111], [153], [206];
love of the Turf, [153], [175];
retinue when travelling, [193];
value of horses in reign of, [178]
Emperor Justinian, the, [83]
Erichthonius, King, [4], [5]
Exænetus, [32]
Exportation of horses forbidden, [149], [150]
Eyes, [55], [139], [214];
china eye, [55];
wall eye, [55], [214], [266]
Falkirk, battle of, [120]
Fenwick family, the, [231]
Ferdinand of Arragon, [158-159]
Fictitious horses, [163], [164], [178], [189], [190], [194], [196], [276], [278], [280]
Fines paid in horses, [114]
Fitz Stephen, [113]
“Flying Childers,” [268], [269], [274], [275]
“Flying Fox,” [288]
Food of horses, [54], [156], [178], [246]
Four-in-hand, [5], [7]
Foxhounds, first master of, [118]
Foxhunting, [118], [161], [162], [179], [180], [253], [260]
Francisco Pizarro, [170]
Funeral of Frederic Casimir, [36];
Li Hung Chang, [36];
Scythian King, [35];
Tartars, [36]
Future of the horse, [183], [284], [285], [291]
Gambling, Aristophanes on, [52];
by David Hume, [175];
Elizabeth, [176];
Henry VIII., [162], [163];
Wolsey, [144];
denounced, [180], [211], [212], [265];
Marshal de Bassompierre's love for, [231];
under Charles II., [254];
James I., [205], [210-212]
Gauls, the, [20], [70], [72], [75]
Geldings, [207]
Gentleness of horses, [104]
George III., [271]
Girth, the, [63]
“Gladiateur,” [288]
“Godolphin Arabian,” [269], [270], [289]
Gradasso and Alfana, [94]
“Great Horses,” [111], [127], [141], [206], [232], [237]
Greek soldier, [19], [28], [46]
Greeks, the, [21];
esteemed horses highly, [29];
had chariots with wheels, [20];
harness of, [51];
hogged manes patronised by, [48];
horse breeding by, [14];
horsemanship among, [7], [9], [16];
horses of, [30], [102];
horseshoes explained to, [73];
race horses kept by, [49];
taught to ride by the Libyans, [17];
used horse-cloths, [19]
Haddington Race Meeting, the, [172]
Halters, [18], [286]
“Hands,” [133], [227], [228]
“Harkaway,” [288]
Hector, [10]
“Helmsley Turk,” [225], [257]
Henry II., [110-113]
Henry III., [119], [161]
Henry VII., [141-147]
Henry VIII., [148], [167], [187], [206], [250]
Heraclios, [10]
“Hermit,” [288]
Hiero II. of Syracuse, [31], [37]
Higher Criticism, [9]
Hittites, the, [6], [20]
Hogged manes, [42], [48], [271]
Hoof, the, [41], [47], [72], [214]
Hooper, Letter of Bishop, [171]
Horse-bread, [156], [179], [246]
Horse breakers, [41], [146]
Horse-cloths, [19], [38], [59], [72], [155]
Horse breeding north of the Tweed, [152], [166]
Horse doctors, [40];
ignorance of, [213];
veterinary surgeons, [221];
Wolsey as a, [145], [146]
Horse fairs organised, [231-232]
Horse-fighting in Iceland, [95];
in Siam, [95];
picture of, [96]
Horse hoof, [44]
Horsemanship, [7], [10], [12], [16];
Alexander the Great's, [57-58];
Bayard's, [135];
Charles II.'s, [226-227], [246-257];
Charles VIII. of France's, [139];
clever riding of Elizabeth, [193];
Duke of Newcastle's, [227-228];
early instruction in, [134];
feats in, [197];
influence of, [183];
James I.'s opinion on, [206-207], [217];
James II.'s, [261];
John Selwyn's, [188];
of Anglo-Saxons, [108];
of Bedouins, [287];
of Earl of Shrewsbury, [107];
of the Gauls, [70];
of Irish, [166-167];
Mary Queen of Scots', [192];
of the Scotch, [167];
Spaniards', [224];
Swedes', [83];
training in, [29], [32];
Wolsey's, [141-143]
Horse racing, at Chester, [208-209], [245], [247];
at Croydon, [210];
at Newmarket, [124], [175], [205-209], [217], [222-224], [247], [248], [254], [258], [259], [263-265];
at Salisbury, [177];
at Smithfield, [113];
at Winchester, [262];
attack on judge of, [219];
between Duke of Suffolk and the Seigneur Nicolle Dex, [154-156];
Charles II.'s love for, [246-257];
Commonwealth suppresses, [241-242];
denounced, [180-181], [211], [212], [219], [241-243], [265], [266];
Philip of Macedon's devotion to, [27];
excess of, [176], [179];
first allusion to wagers on, [11];
first authentic record of, [75], [76];
first taught to the Romans, [37];
fixtures abandoned under Commonwealth, [219];
Hengist and Horsa's interest in, [91];
in Athens, [51];
in France, [255], [256];
in Holland, [226];
in Hyde Park, [224], [225];
in Ireland, [252];
in Scotland, [172-174];
in fourteenth century, [133];
in time of the Romans, [76], [172];
in time of Wolsey, [144-145];
inaugurated, [16];
James I.'s love for, [202];
Mongols fond of, [290];
on the ice, [211];
popular pastime, [52], [53], [210], [219], [251], [264], [290];
Queen Anne's love for, [267];
revival of, [246];
ruins breeding
of “great horses,” [232], [233];
rules revised, [270];
under Edward II., [124];
under Elizabeth, [144];
Henry III., [116], [117];
Henry VIII., [154-160];
Richard I., [113];
Richard II., [133];
under William III., [263], [264]
Horse rearing, [52], [114], [125], [130], [143], [144], [148-154], [165-166]
Horses, ailments of, [146], [213-214], [221];
annual charge for Charles II.'s, [257];
antiquity of, [1];
at Crecy, [125], [126];
average life of, [53];
bleeding of, [221];
breeds, [62];
vicious and gentle, [104];
commandeered by kings, [119], [126];
courage of [105], [106];
cream white, [289];
dapple, or dun-coloured, [15], [17], [24], [67], [95], [96], [137], [138];
declining interest in, [182], [183], [291-292];
defects of, [47];
divination of the future attributed to, [78];
English, the best, [230];
exportation of, forbidden, [149], [150], [152];
eyes, [55], [139], [214];
flat-nosed, [24];
fleabitten, [50];
food of, [54], [156], [178], [179], [245], [246];
fossilised remains of, [4], [51];
“great horses,” [111], [127], [141], [206], [232-237];
Herodotus on, [24], [31];
Homer on, [7-18], [28], [122];
Horace on, [72];
ill-treatment of, [104-105], [129], [271], [272];
influence of on history, [96-97], [103], [104], [183], [281-284];
in romance, [161-164], [178], [189], [190], [194-196], [276-278], [280];
in the sixth century, [82];
Joan of Arc's, [137], [138], [279];
likes and dislikes of, [129];
“leeching,” [221];
longevity of, [102];
management and care of, [14], [215];
Mary, Queen of Scots', [192];
monuments erected to, [32], [61];
mythological, [10], [62], [94], [97-100], [136];
naming, [157], [194];
North-American Indians' terror at sight of, [171];
of Abraham, [1], [2];
Acheans, [15-17];
Agrigentum, [32];
Anatolia [196], [281];
Anglo-Saxons, [88-90];
Armenia, [31];
Athenians, [24];
Babylon, [4];
Bedouins, [286-287];
Britain, [17], [24];
the Egyptians, [2], [3], [19], [281];
Erichthonius, [4], [5];
Flanders, [141];
France, [141];
Friesland, [141];
Gauls, [70], [72], [75];
Germany, [141];
Greece, [14], [15], [29], [30], [48-49], [102];
Hittites, [6];
Ireland, [17], [74-75], [115], [252];
Libyans, [4], [16], [17], [48], [54], [103], [104], [281];
Macedonians, [46], [281];
Niseans, [31], [34];
Numideans, [64], [281];
Parthians, [53], [66];
Persians, [31], [33], [114-115], [281];
Romans, [70], [78], [80], [102], [282];
Russians, [123];
Scandinavians, [95];
Scythians, [34-36], [281];
Sicilians, [27-28];
Solomon, [6];
Spain, [53], [65], [66], [75], [168], [171];
Swedes, [83];
Syria, [196], [281];
Tartars, [123];
Thessaly, [21], [50], [54], [61], [62];
Thracians, [12], [14], [15];
Trojans, the, [4], [28];
Turkish, [215], [243], [244];
Philip II.'s love for, [27];
pictures of, [61-62], [137], [225], [279];
points of, [40], [41], [47], [50], [66], [68], [80], [140];
prices of, [55], [125], [177], [178], [203], [214], [229], [235], [274];
represented on coins, [26-27], [65], [75], [103];
on vase painting, [51];
on panels in Ireland, [115];
sacrificed, [33-36], [78], [97], [104];
scarcity of at Crecy, [125];
among the Romans, [282];
Shakespeare's, [181], [182];
shire horses, [140], [144];
Spanish Armada, [222];
“starling-coloured,” [53];
starvation of, [146], [147];
stolen, [214];
strength of, [105], [111], [112];
superstitions about, [78], [79], [121], [123], [213];
three-years-olds, [271], [288];
trained to music, [8];
transported to Cuba and Hispaniola, [169];
unshod, [24];
war horses, [104], [109-111], [131], [136-138], [199], [200], [283], [292];
wealth expressed by number of, [81];
with white star, [17], [54]
Horse thieves, [120]
Hunters, [183], [207]
Hunting [118], [161], [162], [179], [180], [187], [192], [218], [241], [253], [261]
Huntingdon, race at, [220]
Hyde Park Meeting, [224]
“Hyksos, The,” [2]
Hypanis, the (River Bug), [21]
Hyperenor, [12]
Hypnotism of horses, [289-290]
Iceni, the, [75], [117]
Ill-treatment of horses, [100], [105], [129], [271], [272]
India, [36]
Influence of the horse on history, [96], [97], [103], [104], [183], [281-284]
Ireland, [17], [18], [74], [75], [115], [116], [252]
Iron Age, the, [15], [17], [19], [22]
“Iron Horseman, An,” [227]
“Isokelismos,” [30]
James I., at Lincoln, [219];
encouraged gambling, [210];
improvement of horses under, [203];
liked tall horses, [215];
love of racing, [202], [209], [210];
made Newmarket “a royal village,” [205];
present of horses from Naples, [207];
Royal studs of, [207];
trained his horses, [220];
wrote on horses, [220]
James II., as a sportsman, [261];
at Winchester races, [262]
Joan of Arc, [137], [138], [279]
Job, the steed of, [5]
Jockey Club, the, [174], [270]
Jockeys, [113], [209], [220], [253-254], [265], [291]
John Selwyn, [187], [189]
Julius Cæsar describes battle, [70], [71];
horses in time of, [105];
reference to the Iceni, [75]
“Kantake,” [21]
King Arthur, [82]
King John, [111], [113]
King's Master of the Stud, [264]
“Lamri,” [82]
Law commandeering horses for kings, [119];
forbidding exportation of horses, [149-154];
forbidding Roman Catholics to keep valuable horses, [264];
maintenance of horses, [151-154]
“Leger,” the, [288]
Libya, [16]
Libyans, the, [4], [7], [17], [20], [21], [29]
Lincoln Race Meeting, [219]
Lord Arundel (1377), [133]
Lord Cardigan's “Ronald,” [285]
Lord Herbert, [179], [180]
Louis XIV. arranges races at St Germains, [255], [256]
Love for horses, Adhils', [83];
Alexander the Great's, [59];
Anne's, [267], [276];
Boadicea's, [77];
Charles II.'s, [246-257];
Elizabeth's, [187];
Gradasso's, [94];
Henry VIII.'s, [165];
Mahomet's, [88];
Mary Queen of Scots', [189];
of the ancients, [97];
Richard II.'s, [128];
Roderick's, [93];
William the Conqueror's, [108];
Xenophon's, [38], [48]
Macedonian soldier, [19]
Macedonians, the, [46]
Mahomet, encourages horse breeding, [86];
goes to heaven on Alborak, [89];
the mule of, [87]
Marathon, [46]
Mares' milk as food, [37]
Mares, the Royal, [250], [257]
“Marocco,” [184], [185]
Marquis of Mantua, [157]
Mary, Queen of Scots, good horsewoman, [192];
her horses, [192];
love of horses, [191]
Mary II., [153]
Maximilian, the Emperor, [141], [142]
Menelaus, [10]
Menesthus, [10]
Mesmerising horses, [289], [290]
Mexico, [169], [170]
Monmouth, the Duke of, [255-257]
“Morocco Barb,” [225]
Mounting, [43], [59], [64], [66]
Mounting block, [64]
Mycenæ, the, [6]
Mycenean Greeks, [20];
period, [6], [19]
Mythological horses, [10], [62], [94], [97-100], [136]
Naming horses, [157], [194]
Napier's “Molly,” Sir Charles, [279]
Napoleon I.'s horses, [200];
“Marengo,” [279]
Neolithic Period, [4]
Netherby races, [76]
Newcastle, the Duke of, [226-228], [235], [247], [249], [257]
Newmarket, [144];
at end of seventeenth century, [258], [259];
Charles II.'s favourite meeting, [247], [248];
described by Shadwell, [251], [252];
early history of, [222];
Edward II. stops a tournament at, [124];
Elizabeth at, [175];
famous flat race arranged at, [220];
first important races at, [223];
fox hunt near, [253];
historic race meeting at, [248];
horses of, [117], [118];
Iceni at, the, [75];
incident at, [254];
James I. present at, [206], [209], [217];
Marocco, foaled at, [184];
rebuilding of race stand at, [247];
Spanish Armada horses at, [222], [223];
the royal village, [205];
under William III., [263-265]
Newspaper account of races, the first, [224]
Normans, [20]
Northern America, no horses in, [168]
Nose bands, [18], [286]
Numidians, the, [64], [281]
Oaks, the, [290]
O'Byrnes, the, [127], [128]
Oliver Cromwell, [233], [234]
Olympic games, the, [25], [27], [31], [32], [37]
O'Moores, the, [127], [128]
Opposition to coaches and railways, [237], [238]
“Ormonde,” [288]
Oxen used by Roman Catholics, [264]
Pale, the, [127]
Parthenon frieze, the, [29], [30], [39], [64]
Patroclus, [12]
Pausanias, [44]
Pedigree through dams, [100], [101]
Pegasus, [16], [98]
Peloponnesian War, [24]
Persia, [36], [37], [43]
Persians, the, [20], [31], [33], [36], [46]
Persimmon, [288]
Phallas, [10]
Phrenicus, [37]
Pictures of horses, [61], [62], [137], [225], [279]
Pictures of races, [220]
Plinth of North Cross, Ireland, [115]
Points of horses, [40], [41], [47], [50], [66], [68], [80], [140]
Priam, [10]
Prices of horses, [55], [125], [177], [178], [203], [214], [229], [235], [274]
Prizes, [11], [111], [205], [208], [245], [254], [255], [262], [275], [291]
Pylian breed, the, [10]
Queen Anne, a “turfite,” [267];
condemned tail-docking, [271];
founded Ascot, [270];
love of horses, [265], [276];
revived racing rules, [270]
Queen Elizabeth, [111], [114], [153], [175], [178], [187], [193], [206]
Racecourses as pleasure grounds, [245]
Race horses, [33], [49], [160], [199];
ages of, [271];
development of, [173], [202-205], [289];
Elizabeth's interest in, [144];
Edward III.'s interest in, [124];
fondness of the Greeks for, [53];
from Spanish Armada, [222], [223];
James I.'s love for, [205], [206], [208];
naming, [157];
nineteenth century, [288];
present to King Athelstan of, [91];
present to Edward III., [125];
present to Henry VIII., [158];
reinstated by Charles II., [245];
Richard I.'s, [113];
Richard II.'s, [129];
sold at a loss, [242];
tails of, [272];
training of, [156]
Rameses, [2]
Rarey, [12]
Richard I., [111], [113]
Richard II., [128-130], [246]
Richard III., [138], [139]
Riding bareback, [29], [38], [59]
Riding masters, [41]
Riding matches, [154], [176], [218], [220]
“Roan Barbary,” [128], [129]
“Robert the Devil,” [288]
Roderick and “Orelia,” [93]
Roger de Bellesne, Earl of Shrewsbury, [107]
Roguery on the Turf, [174], [175]
Roland and “Veillantiff,” [92], [93]
“Rowley, Old,” [246];
Rowley Mile, [247]
Royal Ascot, [270]
Royal cream-white horses, [289]
Royal Mares, the, [250], [257]
Royal Stud, [148], [149], [207], [216]
Russia, [123]
Saddle-cloths, [59], [63], [82], [155]
Saddles, [59];
among early Greeks, [38];
among the Romans, [63], [81];
in Ireland, [110];
in races, [155];
of the Mongols, [291];
of the Normans, [110];
scorned, [40], [64];
used by Angles, [88], [89]
“Saga of Burnt-Njal,” the, [95]
“St Gatien,” [288]
St George's Cup, [208]
Salisbury, race gathering at, [177]
Sarmatian, [44]
“Savoy,” of Charles VIII. of France, [138], [139]
Scandinavian barrows, [91]
Scandinavians, the, [95]
Scythians, the, [34], [36], [281]
Seius' horse, [27]
Severus Alexander, [75]
Shakespeare's horses, [181-183]
“Shibdiz,” [82]
Shields, [20], [115]
Shire horses, [140], [144]
Shoes, ancient objection to, [42];
found in tomb of Childeric, [42], [83];
in lieu of rent, [119];
leather caps used by Romans as, [73];
made of reeds, [42];
regularly used, [83];
silver and gold, [73];
sixteenth-century, [146], [155];
superstitions about, [280], [286]
Shortage of horses, [125], [282]
Sicilian coinage, [27]
Sicilians, [31], [36]
Sicily, [22]
Sigynnæ, the, [15], [24]
Simo, [38], [50]
Simon de Montfort, [118]
Sir Eustace de Hecche, [120]
Smerdis, death of, [37]
Solomon, [6]
Spanish Armada survivors, [222]
Spartans, the, [25]
“Spumador,” [82]
Spurs, in time of Henry II., [113];
Irish, [110];
John Selwyn's, [188];
of “Blanche Rose,” [155];
of the Greeks, [57];
of the Wife of Bath, [131];
of the Romans, [65]
Stage coaches, [238-240]
Stakes, at Newmarket, [254];
in Mongolia, [291];
Louis XIV.'s Plate, [255];
St George's Cup, [208];
silver bells as, [177], [205-208], [245];
snaffle as, [177];
under James II., [262];
won by descendants of Eclipse, [291];
won by Seigneur Nicolle Dex, [154], [156]
Stallions, adapted for coach use, [240];
Arabian, [76], [203], [204], [264], [267-270], [289];
celebrated seventeenth-century, [257];
celebrated eighteenth-century, [267-270], [273-276];
colour of, [111];
Dutch purchase racing, [226];
Eastern breed of, [114];
fed on eggs and oysters, [178];
importation of, [76], [114], [116], [148], [203], [204], [207], [212], [226], [264];
law against exportation of, [166];
shire, [144];
Spanish, [107], [227], [230];
thoroughbred, [288]
Staying power, [105], [111]
Stirrup leathers, [228]
Stirrups, [40];
in Ireland, [110];
regularly used, [88];
standing in, [220];
unknown to Bedouins, [287]
Stud, [274], [288];
Charles II.'s, [250], [257];
Cromwell's, [243];
Cumberland Lodge, [267];
Duke of Newcastle's, [251];
Edward III.'s, [125];
Elizabeth's, [144];
established by William the Conqueror, [114];
King's Master of the, [264];
Marquis of Mantua's, [157];
modern forms, [116];
Royal stud, [148], [149], [207], [216];
Wolsey's, [144]
“Sumpter horses,” [193]
Superstitions, [78], [79], [121], [123], [213-215]
Superstitions about horseshoes, [280], [286]
Tarentum, [22]
Tartars, the, [36], [123]
Theobald's, race meeting at, [245]
Thessalians, the, [21]
Thessaly, [50], [54], [61], [62]
Thetford Race Meeting suppressed, [219]
Thomas à Becket, [113]
Thoroughbreds, [114], [197], [199], [230], [251], [274], [275], [288], [293];
development of, [288];
Dodsworth included in royal stud, [250];
English, introduced into France, [231];
fed on eggs and oysters, [78];
in Richard II.'s reign, [130];
introduced into America, [287];
management of, [215];
Mr T. A. Cook on, [267];
nineteenth century, [288];
of William III., [263];
sold at a loss, [242]
Thracian horses, [14]
Thracians, the, [12], [14], [122]
Three-year-olds, [271], [288]
Thurii, [37]
Trainers, [156], [220], [221], [230]
Trappings, [13], [14], [34], [159], [237], [257]
Trickery in racing, [174], [176], [205], [209], [270]
Tripods, [11]
Trojans, the, [4], [28]
Troy, [28], [29]
Tryers and gentlemen tryers, [177], [218], [220]
Turf, the, [145], [157], [173-176], [205], [231], [245], [251], [255], [261], [264], [265], [273-275], [288]
Turkish horses, [215], [243], [244]
Two Thousand, the, [288]
Valerian, the Emperor, [43]
Varni, the, [89]
Vedic Aryans, the, [20]
Veneti, the, [36], [101]
Verus, the Emperor, [80]
Veterinary surgeons, [221]
Vicious breeds, [104]
“Villiers Arabs,” [204]
Wagers, at Newmarket, [205];
between Charles II. and Sir Robert Carr, [254];
by David Hume, [174];
first allusion to, [11];
in reign of Henry II., [113];
in reign of Henry III., [116], [117];
on flat racing, [218];
on Lord Haddington's race, [220]
“Warned off the Turf,” [174], [270]
Washing horses' legs, [45]
Wealth expressed by number of horses, [81]
Weights, [262]
Wellington's “Copenhagen,” [278], [279]
Wheels of chariots, [20]
White animals sacred, [33], [36]
White hoof, a, [214]
White horse, the, [21], [31], [32];
banner of, [69], [91], [92];
beloved of the gods, [33], [122];
criminal act to wound a, [123];
divination by sacred, [79];
Joan of Arc's, [137], [138];
Mahomet's Alborak, [89];
Napoleon's, [279];
not liked for work, [67];
of Chinghas Khan, [121-123];
of the Scandinavians, [95];
of Selene, [98], [99];
sacrificed, [33], [36], [50], [78], [123];
superstitions about, [123];
stud of Richard III., [139];
“White Surrey” of Richard III., [139];
“White Turk,” of Cromwell, [279]
William the Conqueror, [97], [103], [108-110], [114]
William III., Acts against Roman Catholics possessing horses, [264];
for development of horses, [153];
court of, [259];
interest in horses, [263-266];
statue in Dublin, [236], [237]
William Stephanides, [110]
Winchester Meeting, the, [262]
Windsor Great Park, [267]
Windsor, stud at, [125]
Wolsey, Cardinal, [141-145]
Wooden Horse of Troy, the, [28]
Xenophon's advice to riders, [44], [45];
early life of, [45];
kindness to horses, [38], [49];
rules, [39], [40]
Xerxes, procession of, [34], [50]
Zeus, car of, [34]

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