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THE HORSE IN HISTORY 



1 * Godolphin Arabian," 269, 270, 289 



Gradasso and Alfana, 94 



"Great Horses," ill, 127, 141, 

 206, 232, 237 



Greek soldier, 19, 28, 46 



Greeks, the, 21 ; esteemed horses 

 highly, 29 ; had chariots with 

 wheels, 20 ; harness of, 51 

 hogged manes patronised by, 48 

 horse breeding by, 14 ; horse 

 manship among, 7, 9, 16 

 horses of, 30, 102 ; horseshoes 

 explained to, 73 ; race horses 

 kept by, 49 ; taught to ride by 

 the Libyans, 17 ; used horse- 

 cloths, 19 



Haddington Race Meeting, 



the, 172 

 Halters, 18, 286 

 "Hands," 133, 227, 228 

 "Harkaway," 288 

 Hector, 10 



" Helmsley Turk," 225, 257 

 Henry II., 110-113 

 Henry III., 119, 161 

 Henry VII., 141-147 

 Henry VIII. ,148, 167, 187, 206,250 

 Heraclios, 10 

 "Hermit," 288 

 Hiero II. of Syracuse, 31, 37 

 Higher Criticism, 9 

 Hittites, the, 6, 20 

 Hogged manes, 42, 48, 271 

 Hoof, the, 41, 47, 72, 214 

 Hooper, Letter of Bishop, 171 

 Horse-bread, 156, 179, 246 

 Horse breakers, 41, 146 

 Horse-cloths, 19, 38, 59, 72, 155 

 Horse breeding north of the Tweed, 



152, 166 

 Horse doctors, 40 ; ignorance of, 



213 ; veterinary surgeons, 221 ; 



Wolsey as a, 145, 146 

 Horse fairs organised, 231-232 

 Horse-fighting in Iceland, 95 ; in 



Siam, 95 ; picture of, 96 

 Horse hoof, 44 

 Horsemanship, 7, 10, 12, 16 ; 



Alexander the Great's, 57-58 ; 



Bayard's, 135 ; Charles II. 's, 



Horsemanship — continued 



226-227,246-257; Charles VIII. 

 of France's, 139; clever riding of 

 Elizabeth, 193 ; Duke of New- 

 castle's, 227-228 ; early instruct- 

 ion in, 134 ; feats in, 197 ; in- 

 fluence of, 183 ; James I.'s 

 opinion on, 206-207, 2I 7 > James 

 H's, 261 ; John Selwyn's, 188 ; 

 of Anglo - Saxons, 108 ; of 

 Bedouins, 287 ; of Earl of 

 Shrewsbury, 107 ; of the Gauls, 

 70; of Irish, 166-167; Mary 

 Queen of Scots', 192 ; of the 

 Scotch, 167 ; Spaniards', 224 ; 

 Swedes', 83 ; training in, 29, 32 ; 

 Wolsey's, 141- 143 



Horse racing, at Chester, 208-209, 

 245, 247; at Croydon, 210; at 

 Newmarket, 124, 175, 205-209, 

 217, 222-224, 247, 248, 254, 258, 

 259, 263-265 ; at Salisbury, 177 ; 

 at Smithfield, 113; at Win- 

 chester, 262 ; attack on judge of, 

 219; between Duke of Suffolk 

 and the Seigneur Nicolle Dex, 

 154-256; Charles II. 's love for, 

 246-257 ; Commonwealth sup- 

 presses, 241-242 ; denounced, 

 180-181, 211, 212, 219, 241-243, 

 265, 266 ; Philip of Macedon's 

 devotion to, 27; excess of, 176, 

 179 ; first allusion to wagers on, 

 11 ; first authentic record of, 75, 

 76 ; first taught to the Romans, 

 37 ; fixtures abandoned under 

 Commonwealth, 219; Hengist 

 and Horsa's interest in, 91 ; in 

 Athens, 51 ; in France, 255, 256 ; 

 in Holland, 226 ; in Hyde Park, 

 224, 225 ; in Ireland, 252 ; in 

 Scotland, 1 72- 174; in fourteenth 

 century, 133 ; in time of the 

 Romans, 76, 172 ; in time of 

 Wolsey, 144-145; inaugurated, 

 16; James I.'s love for, 202; 

 Mongols fond of, 290 ; on the 

 ice, 211 ; popular pastime, 52, 

 53, 210, 219, 251, 264, 290; 

 Queen Anne's love for, 267 ; 

 revival of, 246 ; ruins breeding 



