520 



INDEX 



Desert, Gobi, 32; Mongolian, ib. ; Pal- 

 myrene, 161; Syrian, ib. 



Desmatiixpus, 6 



Destriers, 147, 355 



Devonshire Childers, same as Flying 

 Childers, 384 



Dextrarii, 355 



D'Hobsonville, 154 



Diaz, Bernal, on horses, 267, 511 



Digits, 13; lateral, 8; primal, 7; 

 primal five, 6 



Dio Capsius, 95 ; mentions zebra 

 (hippotigris), 55 



Diodorus, 99, 105 



Diomede, captures horses of Aeneas, 

 290 



Dionysius, of Syracuse, imports Ve- 

 netian horses, 104; his white horses, 

 278 



Dioscuri, 308 



Dobrusky, M., 107 



Docility, of Bavarian horses, 344; of 

 Libyan horse, 472 ; of Spanish jen- 

 net, 340 



Docking, of horses, 140 



Dog, 4; Celtic, 398; Gunnar's Irish, 

 419; interbreeds with wolf and 

 jackal, 426; dogs, Celtic, 400; 

 Irish, 419 ; wolf, 401 



Dolon, 108 



Domestic horses, earliest, 4 



Domesticated Indian horse, 159 



Domestication, of horse, 128; of ox, 128 



Don, river, 51, 126 



Dongola, breed of, 2, 219; a cross, 

 250 ; horses, described, 249 



Dordogne, caves of, 85; figures in, 84 



Dorsal stripe, of hybrid ass, 37, 386, 

 445 ; in Cleveland Bay, 386 



Draught-horses, 346 



Drenthe, breed of hearse horses, 342 



Dshigguetei, 44 ( = Dzeggetai) 



Dsjulfa, 170; strain of, 167 



Dublin Co., 393, 488 



Ducaila, Sultan of, 248 



Duck, Aylesbury, 460 ; Muscovy, wild, 

 ib. 



Duckworth, Mr W. L. H., 436, 451 



Ducrost, M., 83 



Duke of Newcastle, 378 



Dukhova Moghila, barrow of, 106 



Dun, 175; striped, 260; striped, in 

 Mexico, 269 ; the worst horses, 260 ; 

 Mongol pony, 39 



Dun-coloured horses, 110, 296, 357, 

 465; of Acheans, 289; of Spain, 

 257; with dorsal stripe, 257, 348; 

 in Beowulf, 120; in Veda, 152; on 

 vases, 294 ; with stripes, 274 ; with 

 stripes, in North America, 265 



Dupont, M., 89 



Durr grass, 58 



Dutch, stupidity of Dutch colonists, 



77; horse, 368; horses, 341, 350 

 Dynasty, Egyptian, xviith, xviiith, 



xixth, 236 

 Dzeggetai, 44, 52; of Mongolia, 44 

 Dzungaria, wild horses of, 26 



Ears, i^rojecting outwards, 38 



Earth, mother of Arion, 286 



Eastern, blood, so-called, 10 ; sires, 

 381 



Eclipse, pedigree of, 382 ; his pos- 

 terity, 384; skull of, 470 



Edom, 202 



Edward I, 356 



Edward III, promotes horse-breeding, 

 358 



Edwards, Mr, 445, 446; first de- 

 scribed quagga, 72 



Egypt, 161, 204 ; exports horses, 251 ; 

 horse in, 215 



Egyptian, conquests, due to horses, 

 •218 ; horses, 215-6, 229 ; horses, 

 dark colour of, 218 ; kings, tombs 

 of, "236 ; terms for chariots, 215, 

 for charioteer, 216 ; xviith dynasty 

 Libyan in origin, 236 



Egyptians, did not ride, 216, 510 ; who 

 they are, 222 



Eight-legged horse, its origin, 347 



Eisir, 118 



Elements, doctrine of the, 371 



Elephant, 153 ; at Eome, 55 ; birth 

 of, 148 ; skin of, used as shield, 

 240; elephants, 307 ; in India, 153 ; 

 in Java, used in war, 146 



Elephant-bed, of Brighton, 82, 421 



Elephantine, 222, 238, 243 



Elis, 251 ; horses of, 285 



Elizabeth, queen, on progress, 362 



Elk, Irish, 85 



El Masudi, on zebras, 56 



Emain Macha, modern Navan Bath, 

 400 



Emir, Wooing of, 393, 400 



Emir, Fai-sal of Najd, his view of 

 horses, 178 



Emmanuel College, 412 



Enactments to raise the standard of 

 horses, 360 



English Colonists, stupidity of, 77 



English, great horses, 355-6 ; horses 

 brought to Ireland by Dr Winter, 

 412; race-horse, 212; thoroughbred, 

 323, 324 ; thoroughbred, crosses of, 

 324 ; thoroughbreds, 350 ; thorough- 

 breds, effect on progeny, 323 



Engravings on bone, 86 



