XVI 



LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



FIG. PAGE 



94. The Flanders Horse 337 



95. The Horse of Cleves 338 



96. The Horse of Juliers 339 



97. The Frieslaud Horse 340 



98. The Danish Horse 341 



99. The East Prussian Horse 343 



100. Sleipnir, Odin's Horse 347 



101. The English Horse 361 



102. King William III on a Great Horse 367 



103. Shire Stallion, ' Stroxton Tom' 369 



104. Typical Suffolk Punch, 'Saturn' 375 



105. Flying Childers ' . .383 



106. The Godolphin Barb . . 384 



107. The Yorkshire Coach-horse ........ 385 



108. A Hackney Mare 387 



109. Plinth of the Cross at Kells, Co. Meath 389 



110. Irish Horseman : Book of Kells ....... 391 



111. Sword of La T^ne type in its sheath : Connantre, Marne . . 394 



112. Iron Sword, La T6ne type, in Bronze Scabbard: Hallstatt . . 394 



113. Bronze Shield : Bingen ......... 394 



114. Bronze Fibula : Marne 395 



115. Alderwood Shield : Ireland 395 



116. Bronze Fibula : Ireland 396 



117. Bronze Fibula : Ireland 396 



118. Bronze Shield : Co. Limerick 397 



119. The O'Donovan Shield : Skibbereen 399 



120. Yellow dun Connemara Pony ........ 403 



121. A rich Y'ellow-dun Connemara Mare and Foal .... 404 



122. Light-grey Connemara Pony ........ 405 



123. New Forest Ponies . . ' 406 



124. Light-grey Connemara Filly 407 



125. Connemara Pony : Clifdeu district ....... 408 



126. Connemara Gelding of larger type ....... 409 



127. Connemara Pony used as a hunter 410 



128. Irish Draught Stallion 411 



129. Irish Thoroughbred Stallion 415 



130. Irish Hunter Gelding 417 



131-3. The Elgin Quagga 438-9 



134. The Muscovy Drake ' Hans ' and his hybrid offspring by a white 



Aylesbury duck 461 



135. Chapman's variety of Burchell's Zebra 463 



136. A Zebra-pony Hybrid ......... 477 



137. Coin of Messana showing Mule-car 489 



138. Ancient Irish Eein-ring \vith ' late Celtic ' ornament . . . 493 



139. Ancient Irish Eein-ring 495 



140. Medieval Persian Stirrup 499 



141. Prick-spurs gOO 



142. Rowel-spurs 501 



143. Old English Horse-shoes 503 



