14 THE AMEPdCAN HORSEWOMAN. 



world, no accurate statement of the time when 

 the horse was first subjugated by man, but so 

 far back as his career can be traced in the dim 

 and shadowy past, he seems to have been man's 

 servant and companion. We find him, on the 

 mysterious ruins of ancient Egypt, represented 

 with his badge of servitude, the bridle ; he fig- 

 ures in myth and fable as the companion of 

 man and gods ; he is a jDrominent figure in the 

 pictured battle scenes of the ancient world ; and 

 has always been a favorite theme with poet, his- 

 torian, and philosopher in all ages. 



The first written record, known to us, of the 

 subjection of the horse to man is found in the 

 Bible, where in Genesis (xlvii. 17) it is stated 

 that Joseph gave the Egyptians bread in ex- 

 change for their horses, and in 1. 9, we read 

 that when Joseph w^ent to bury his father Ja- 

 cob, there went with him the servants of the 

 house of Pharaoh, the elders of the land of 

 Egypt, together with " chariots and horsemen " 

 in numbers. Jeremiah compares the speed of 

 the horse with the swiftness of the eagle ; and 

 Job's description of the war charger has never 

 been surpassed. 



Ancient Rome paid homage to the horse by a 



derings over the earth, deducing many interesting facts from the 

 history of their migrations. 



