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Chapter I — continued 



their horses — Relics of Irish art ; what they indicate 

 — Simon de Montfort the first master of foxhounds — 

 The king's right to commandeer horses — Sir Eustace 

 de Hecche ; Battle of Falkirk — Marco Polo and white 

 horses ; curious superstitions — Edward III. and Richard 

 II. encourage horse breeding — Battle of Crecy : . 107 



CHAPTER II 



Richard 1 1 .'s horse, Roan Barbary — Thoroughbred English 

 horses characteristic of the nation — Chaucer; Cambus- 

 can's wooden horse — Don Quixote's Aligero Clavileno 

 — Horse race between the Prince of Wales and Lord 

 Arundel — The Chevalier Bayard ; his horse, Carman 

 — The Earl of Warwick's horse, Black Saladin — Joan of 

 Arc — King Richard's horse, White Surrey — Charles 

 VIIL of France's horse, Savoy — Dame Julyana Berners 

 — Wolsey's horsemanship — Queen Elizabeth's stud : 127 



CHAPTER III 



Inauguration and development of the Royal Stud — Ex- 

 portation of horses declared by Henry VIII . to be 

 illegal — Sale of horses to Scotsmen pronounced to be 

 an act of felony — Riding matches become popular — 

 Ferdinand of Arragon's gift of horses to Henry VI II. 

 — Henry's love of hunting — King Henry stakes the bells 

 of St Paul's on a throw of the dice — Some horses of 

 romance — Horse-breeding industry crippled in Scotland 148 



CHAPTER IV 



North America without horses when Columbus landed — 

 Scarcity of horses at the Conquest of Mexico — Francisco 

 Pizarro; his cavaliers terrify the Jndians — Emperor 

 Charles V: sends horses to King Edward VI. — David 

 Hume, " a man remarkable for piety, probity, candour 

 and integrity"; his practices in connection with horse 

 racing — Queen Elizabeth fond of racing ; condition of 



