INDEX 



Aahmes L, 2 



Acheans, the, 15-17, 20, 72 



Achilles, 12, 15, 49, 99 



Acropolis of Mycenae, the, 6 



Admiral Guarinos and "Tre- 

 bizond," 93 



JEihe, 9 



Agamemnon's mare, 9 



Ailments of horses, 146, 213, 214, 

 221 



Alcibiades, 25 



Alexander the Great, 54-61 



Aligero Clavileno, 133 



America, cruelty unknown in, 105 ; 

 introduction of thoroughbreds in, 

 287 



Arab horses, a royal gift, 76 ; 

 arrival of Markham Arabian, 

 203, 204; commencement of fame, 

 77 ; dams, 100 ; in the sixth 

 century, 82 ; size of, 244 ; stal- 

 lions, 76, 203, 264 ; unimportant 

 before time of Mahomet, 87 



Arabs, the, 48, 281 



Archangel Gabriel, the horse of 

 the, 87 



Armenia, 31 



Armour, 44, 112, 134, 140, 225, 



234 



Ascot, 270 

 Asia Minor, 14, 17 

 Assyrians, 9, 19-20 

 Athenians, the, 24, 46, 51 

 Automobiles, 183, 238, 285 



Babylon, horses of, 4 

 " Balassiren," the, 289 

 Barb horses, 178, 183, 184, 230, 



243. 244 

 Barbary horse, the, 181, 216 

 Barrows in Scotland, 91 



295 



Bayard, the Chevalier, 134 ; his 

 horsemanship, 135 ; mistaken for 

 mythological horse " Bayard," 

 136 ; his horse Carmen, 135 

 Bayeux tapestry, the, 108, no 

 Bedouins, the, 286, 287 

 Belgian government, the, 293 

 Belisarius, the white-faced horse 



of, 84 

 Bells as race prizes, 177, 205, 208, 



245 



Bells of St Paul's melted down, 163 



Bevis of Southampton and "Arun- 

 del," 194 



Bit, the, 18, 19, 201 ; discovered 

 at Athens, 40 ; flexible, 18, 40 ; 

 found in tombs, 91 ; not used by 

 Bedouins, 286 ; of the Greeks, 

 51 ; Xenophon's advice on, 45 



Black or "great" horse, 233 



Black Prince, the, 125 



"Black Saladin," 136 



" Blair Atholl," 288 



Bleeding horses, 221 . 



"Blue Gown," 288 



Boadicea, 76, 77 



Board of Agriculture, 293 



Bogdo of Mongolia, the, 291 



Books on horses and hunting, 124, 

 139, 204, 206, 271 



Brazen steed of Cambuscan, the, 

 132 



Breeds, improvement in, by Charles 

 II., 242, 250 ; by Cromwell, 243, 

 244 ; by the Duke of Bucking- 

 ham, 225 ; by the Duke of Cum- 

 berland, 267 ; by the Duke of 

 Newcastle, 227, 251 ; by Edward 

 III., 125, 130; by Elizabeth, 

 144, 153, 222; by Henry VIII., 

 148, 167 ; by importation from 



