x THE HORSE IN HISTORY 



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Chapter IV continued 



the Turf during her reign Stallions fed on eggs and 

 oysters Lord Herbert of Cherbury's antagonistic atti- 

 tude towards the Turf Some horses in Shakespeare's 

 plays Performing horse and its owner publicly burnt 

 to death Horses trained by cruelty -. . . .168 



CHAPTER V 



King Henry VIII: and Queen Elizabeth passionately fond 

 of hunting John Selwyn's remarkable feat in the 

 hunting field ; the monument at Walton-on-Thames 

 Don Quixote and his steed, Rosinante ; Peter of 

 Provence's wooden horse, Babieca ; Clavileno and the 

 Cid's horse Mary Queen of Scots' favourite horses 

 Queen Elizabeth's retinue of 2400 horses Arundel, 

 Aquiline, Brigadore The horses of Anatolia and 

 Syria Sir Robert Carey's historic ride from London to 

 Edinburgh in sixty hours The horses of Napoleon I. 187 



PART III 



FROM THE STUART PERIOD TO THE PRESENT 



DAY 



CHAPTER I 



Arrival of the Markham Arabian, the first Arab imported 

 into England Newmarket village founded by James I. 

 Decline of the " great horse " The Royal Studs 

 James I. organises a race meeting on the frozen River 

 Ouse Superstitious beliefs concerning horses James 

 I. meets with a grotesque riding mishap Prosperity of 

 the Turf Riding match between Lord Haddington and 

 Lord Sheffield The Turf vigorously denounced as " an 

 evil likely to imperil the whole country's prosperity ?> . 202 



