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 



