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THE HORSE IN HISTORY 



Breeds — continued 



Italy, 180; by James I., 202, 

 221; by James II., 261; by 

 King John, 1 14: by Mahomet, 

 87; by the Persians, 114; by 

 William III., 263; Committee 

 in the House of Lords on, 288 ; 

 enforced by law, 149, 152; from 

 1 660- 1 685, 196; in Athens, 51 ; 

 in England, 108 ; in Ireland, 

 252; in Middle Ages, 114; in 

 the sixteenth century, 141 ; the 

 seventeenth century, 257 ; Car- 

 dinal Wolsey's interest in, 143 



Bridles, 51, 64, 135, 237, 286, 

 291 



Bronze Age, the, 4, 6, 16, 17 



Bronze of Alexander, 61 



Bronze horse in British Museum, 

 64 



Brood Mare Society, 292 



Bucephalus, 54, 61 



" Byerley Turk," the, 215, 263, 289 



Caligula's horse — a priest, 79 



Carey's ride, Sir Robert, 197, 198 



" Carmen," 135 



Cart horses, 207, 236 



Cauldrons and tripods, 1 1 



Cavalry, 16, 22, 23, 46, 199, 283, 

 292 ; Assyrian, 9 ; British, 67, 

 68 ; Cromwell's, 233, 234 ; de- 

 scribed by Julius Caesar, 70, 71 ; 

 first use of, 7 ; Greek, 9, 22 ; 

 Hannibal's, 64, 65, 69 ; Henry 

 II. 's, in; Iberian, 65; Per- 

 sian, 114; Richard II. 's opinion 

 of, 131; superseded chariots, 74 ; 

 Theodosius', 81 ; twelfth century, 

 112; William the Conqueror's, 

 107, 109 



Celts, 23, 72 



Chargers, 109, III, 120, 125, 131, 

 160, 199, 207, 233, 278, 279 



Chariot races, with /Ethe, 9; at 

 the thirty-third Olympiad, 16 ; 

 at Delphi, 23 ; won by Alci- 

 biades, 25; of Philip II., 27; 

 won by Exaenetus of Agrigentum, 

 32; in first century A. D./ 77 ; of 

 the Romans, 172 



Charioteer," "A finished, 10 



Chariots, 3-21, 24, 65; Julius 

 Caesar's description of, 70, 71 ; 

 in Ireland, 115 ; of the Acheans, 

 20 ; of the Ancient Britons, 20, 

 68, 69 ; Assyrians, 20 ; Early 

 Irish, 20 ; Egyptians, 3, 14, 20 ; 

 Erichthonius, 5 ; Gauls, 20, 72 ; 

 Greeks, 20 ; Hittites, 20 ; Lib- 

 yans, 20 ; Persians, 20, 25 ; 

 Romans, 72 ; Syria, 25 ; Thra- 

 cians, 14, 15 ; Vedic Aryans, 

 20 ; with scythes, 25, 26 



Charles I. institutes horse racing 

 in Hyde Park, 224 ; interest in 

 horses, 233 ; picture in National 

 Gallery, 225 ; present of horses, 

 225 ; price of horses, 229 ; race- 

 courses in time of, 245 



Charles II., a good whip, 240; 

 encouraged horse-breeding, 240 ; 

 encouraged use of stage coaches, 

 240 ; horsemanship of, 227-229 ; 

 love of horse-racing, 246, 259 ; 

 restores horse racing, 245 



Charles V. of Germany, 161, 171 



Charles VIII. of France, 138, 139 



Chaucer, 130-132 



Chester Meeting, the, 208 ; Charles 

 II. at, 247 ; rule for winning 

 owner, 208, 209 ; silver bells run 

 for, 208, 245 



Circus riding, 7, 80, 184, 185 



Cobs, in, 205, 215 



Coins, horses represented on, 26, 

 27, 65, 75, 103 



Colour, attention to, by Elizabeth, 

 in, 175; by Henry II., ill; 

 by John, in, 112; by Richard 

 III., 139; by Romans, 84; 

 white and dun horses disliked 

 for, work, 67 (see also "White 

 horses") 



Colton, John, 127 



Commandeered horses, 119, 126 



" Common," 288 



Commonwealth abolishes horse 

 racing, 241-243 ; sets back horse 

 breeding, 241-243, 245; the 

 race horse extinct under, 245 



Cortes' sixteen horses, 169 



