INDEX 



297 



Coursers, 207 



Cream-white horses, the Royal, 289 

 Cromwell, cavalry of, 233, 234 ; 

 favours horse-breeding, 243, 

 racehorses of, 243 

 "Cropping," 271, 272 

 Cross-country matches, 218 

 Croton, 8, 22 

 Crotonians, 8, 22 

 Croydon Race Meeting, 210, 245 

 Cruelty, cause of partiality among 

 horses for certain human beings, 

 129; of " cropping " and " dock- 

 ing," 271, 272 ; unknown in 

 America, 105 

 Cuchulainn Saga, 74 

 Cumberland, Duke of, 267 

 Cyrene, 21 ; famous for steeds and 

 chariots, 31 



" Darley Arabian," the, 267, 



268 

 David Hume, 173 

 Dead weight, 220 

 Declining interest in horses, 182, 



183, 291, 292 

 Delphi, chariot-race at, 23; museum 



at, 32 

 Derby, the, 274, 288, 290; of 



Mongolia, 291 

 Derby, Lord, 11 

 Diomed, King, 62 

 "Docking," 42, 271, 272 

 " Dodsworth," 250, 251 

 Don Quixote, 133, 189-191 

 Doncaster Race Meeting, 175 

 11 Donovan," 288 

 Driving horses, 144 

 Dun-coloured horses, 15, 17, 24, 



67, 9S» 96, 137 



Echepolus of Sicylon, 9 



" Eclipse," 267, 268, 273-276, 289 



Edward I., 120 



Edward II., 124 



Edward III., 124, 125 



Edward VI., 171 



Egyptians, 3, 19, 281, 289 



Elizabeth, Queen, III, 144, 153; 

 at Doncaster, 175 ; at New- 

 market, 175 ; barbs, the special 



Elizabeth, Queen — continued 



property of, 178 ; fondness for 

 the chase, 187; her stud, in, 

 144; interest in horses, in, 153, 

 206 ; love of the Turf, 153, 175 ; 

 retinue when travelling, 193 ; 

 value of horses in reign of, 178 



Emperor Justinian, the, 8^ 



Erichthonius, King, 4, 5 



Exaenetus, 32 



Exportation of horses forbidden, 

 149, 150 



Eyes, 55, 139, 214; china eye, 55 ; 

 wall eye, 55, 214, 266 



Falkirk, battle of, 120 

 Fenwick family, the, 231 

 Ferdinand of Arragon, 158-159 

 Fictitious horses, 163, 164, 178, 189, 



190, 194, 196, 276, 278, 280 

 Fines paid in horses, 114 

 Fitz Stephen, 113 

 "Flying Childers," 268, 269, 274, 



275 

 "Flying Fox," 288 

 Food of horses, 54, 156, 178, 246 

 Four-in-hand, 5, 7 

 Foxhounds, first master of, 118 

 Foxhunting, 118, 161, 162, 179, 



180, 253, 260 

 Francisco Pizarro, 170 

 Funeral of Frederic Casimir, 36 ; 



Li Hung Chang, 36 ; Scythian 



King, 35 ; Tartars, 36 

 Future of the horse, 183, 284, 285, 



291 



Gambling, Aristophanes on, 52 ; 

 by David Hume, 175 ; Elizabeth, 

 176; Henry VIII. , 162, 163; 

 Wolsey, 144 ; denounced, 180, 

 211, 212, 265; Marshal de 

 Bassompierre's love for, 231 ; 

 under Charles II., 254; James 

 I., 205, 210-212 



Gauls, the, 20, 70, 72, 75 



Geldings, 207 



Gentleness of horses, 104 



George III., 271 



Girth, the, 63 



" Gladiateur," 288 



