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INDEX 



Shammar, sheikh, 50; tribes, 161; 



horses of, ib. 

 Shan ponies, 141, 448 

 Shark, 385 

 Sheep, 129 



Shekels of silver, 214 

 Shepherd kings, 229-30 

 Sheriff, of Hampshire, 355, 356; of 



Wiltshire, 356; sheriffs, 358 

 Shetland- Welsh mare, 45 

 Shields, bronze, 394 ; Gallic, ib.; Irish, 



396 ; round, 315, 481 

 Ships, built without metal nails, 148 

 Shire Horse Society, 369 

 Shire horse, typical, 368 ; colour of, 



368; in Ireland, 413 

 Shirt of mail, 331 

 Shkorpil, the brothers, 106 

 Shoa, zebra of, 57 

 Shoes, horse, 298 



Shoulder- stripe, in African ass, 53 

 Sicamber, 338 

 Sicambri, 338 

 Sicilian horses, 313 

 Sierras of Spain, horses of, 260 

 Signet of Darius, 192 

 Sigynnae, 94, 345 

 Silchester, 352 

 Silver, 130; talents of, 191 

 Simonoff, M. de, 360 

 Singapore, 141 

 Sinjar, ass of, 50 

 Sivalensis, E., 469 

 Siwa, oasis of, 239 

 Size of horses, 246 

 Skarphedinn, 123 

 Skeat, Mr W. W., 146 

 Skeleton of woman, 398; skeletons, 



human, 107 

 Skewbalds, 142, 154 

 Skin, colour of, 466, 476 ; of African 



horse, 467 ; of horses, 165 ; of negro, 



467 ; skins, 240 

 Skull of horse, 326; skulls, horse, 



from Irish crannog, 390, 391; of 



horses, 143 ; of zebras and quaggas, 



76 

 Slaves, Irish, in Iceland, 419; price 



of, 273 



Sledge, 482-3 

 Sleipnir, Odin's eight-legged steed, 



119, 346 ; his origin, 121 ; grey colour 



of, 122 



Slide-car, 483 

 Smetanka, 350 

 Smith, Col. Hamilton, 30, 42, 74, 



177, 433, 446, 472, 474; his five 



stirpes, 1 



Smith, Mr A. J., 376 

 Smith, Mr R. A., 510 



Smyrna, horses from, 188 



Solomon, imports horses from Egypt, 

 214 ; mares of, 165, 166, 207 ; stud 

 of, 162, 167 



Solon, his class of knights, 293 



Solutre, 83 ; horses of, 89, 151, 370 ; 

 horses of low stature, 84 



Somaliland, 56 ; zebra of, 57 



Somali wild ass, 54, 476; zebra, 58, 

 459; habitat, 58; striping of, 458 



Somers, 362 



Sons of horses, 163, 164 



Sooty, as a horse's name, 122 



Sooty black horses of Kurds, 177 



Sorrel, a bad colour, 372 ; coloured 

 horse, Suffolk Punch, 368 ; horses, 

 357-8, 371 



Soto, Ferdinando de, 271 ; dies by the 

 Mississippi, 273 



Spadix, derivation of, 291 



Spain, cave remains in, 87 ; dun horses 

 of, 265, 465; horses of, 254, 312; 

 horses of sierras of, 260 ; Irish trade 

 with, 387, 389 



Spaniards, 8, 266 



Spanish, breed, 345, 512 ; cavalry, 101 ; 

 horsemen, 254; horses, 343, 387; 

 horses, colours of, 258; jennet, 259, 

 377 



Spanker, 382 



Spears, 99, 429 



Spiletta, 383 



Spiti, ponies of, 134, 153 



Spokans, 430 



Spurs, 500; Norman, 354 



Stade, horse-breeding of, 342 



Stakes for a race, 138 



Stallion, Irak, 472; Neapolitan, 364; 

 stallions, 356, 360, 364; Anazah, 

 prized, 183; Babylonian, each al- 

 lotted twenty mares, 193 ; King 

 Stephen sends round, 356 ; one 

 hundred imported into England, 

 356; Persian, 350 



Star, 187, 250, 261 ; in forehead, 173, 

 181, 258, 374, 447-8, 476; stars, 

 465 ; correspond to certain marks 

 in zebras, 465 ; in forehead, 376 



Starkad, 122 



Starling-coloured horse, 296 



Statius, 301 



St Columba, 418 



Stenonis, ., 462, 470 



Stephanides, William, 345 



Stephen sends round stallions, 356 



Steppes, studs of, 351 



Stevenson, Mr J., 390 



Stillingfleet, Eev. E. W., 97 



Stirrup, 498 ; not used by Arajbs, 177 ; 

 stirrups, Norman, 354; not in Book 



