2^6 XENOPHON's TREATISE 



Thefe are the horfes upon which gods and men are 

 reprefented fitting ; and fuch men as are able to ride 

 them v/ith judgment and fkill, are looked up to with 

 admiration. For an horfe in this attitude, is a fight fa 

 very beautiful, fo delightful, fo attradting, that it en- 

 gages the attention of all who fee it, both old and 

 young. No body leaves him, or is tired with gazing 

 upon him, fo long as he continues in this moft becom- 

 ing pofture *. 



However, if the perfon who is pofTeft of fo valua- 

 ble a creature, happens to be an officer, and is to ufe 

 him in the troops, he ought not to be fatisfied with 

 enjoying fuch a diftini5tion alone, but fhould endea^ 

 vour to have his troop mounted as nobly as himfelf,. 

 that the general appearance may be more beautiful, 

 from being uniform and alike. Now, if an horfe of 

 this kind fhould go at the head of a troop or regiment, 

 ftepping, in exa(5l Time and Cadence, with lofty a<5lion, 

 and full of fire ; and if the horfes which accompany 

 him in the march, fliould not be equal to him in thefe 

 qualities, they would undoubtedly appear mean and 

 contemptible. But if they are all equal, and ftep to- 

 gether in juft time, there arifes fuch an harmony from 

 the truth of their motions, enlivened by their neigh- 

 ing and Bloining, that the whole exhibits a moll liriking, 

 fpe(5tacle. 



* This attitude is known to modern horfemen by the term Pefade.. 



Laflly, 



