THE HORSE IN HISTORY 



PART I 



FROM VERY EARLY TIMES TO THE CONQUEST 

 CHAPTER I 



Rameses ; early Egyptian chariots — Horses of Babylon and 

 of Libya — Erichthonius ; horse of Job ; horses of Solomon — Early 

 circus riding — Dancing horses of the Sybarites ; the Crotonians' 

 stratagem — Homer's "Iliad"; Menesthus ; early wagering — 

 Patroclus ; Achilles ; Euphorbus ; Hyperenor — Horses and 

 chariots of the Thracians — Ancient Greeks and horsemanship ; 

 decline in the popularity of war chariots ; inauguration of cavalry 

 — Xenophon on horsemanship — White horses 



np HOUGH according to the more trustworthy 

 A of our naturalists hoofed animals do not 

 occur until the Tertiary Period in the history of 

 mammals, there can be no doubt that from an 

 epoch almost "so far back that the memory 

 of man runneth not to the contrary," in the 

 literal meaning of that legal phrase, the horse 

 has played a prominent part in the development 

 of the human race. 



Reference is made incidentally to "the horses 

 of Abraham " by the author of a historical novel 

 published recently ; but then even the most pains- 



