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of " great horses," 232, 233 ; 

 rules revised, 270 ; under Edward 

 II., 124; under Elizabeth, 144; 

 Henry III., 116, 117; Henry 

 VIII., 154-160; Richard I., 

 113; Richard II., 133; under 

 William III., 263, 264 



Horse rearing, 52, 114, 125, 130, 

 143, 144, 148-154, 165-166. 



Horses, ailments of, 146, 213-214, 

 221 ; annual charge for Charles 

 II. 's, 257; antiquity of, 1; at 

 Crecy, 125, 126 ; average life of, 

 53 ; bleeding of, 221 ; breeds, 

 62 ; vicious and gentle, 104 ; 

 commandeered by kings, 119, 

 126 ; courage of 105, 106 ; 

 cream white, 289 ; dapple, or 

 dun-coloured, 15, 17, 24, 67, 95, 



96, 137, 138; declining interest 

 in, 182, 183, 291-292; defects of, 

 47 ; divination of the future 

 attributed to, 78 ; English, the 

 best, 230 ; exportation of, for- 

 bidden, 149, 150, 152 ; eyes, 55, 

 139, 214; flat-nosed, 24; flea- 

 bitten, 50; food of, 54, 156, 178, 

 179, 245, 246 ; fossilised remains 

 of, 4, 51 ; "great horses," III, 

 127, 141, 206, 232-237 ; Hero- 

 dotus on, 24, 31 ; Homer on, 7- 

 18, 28, 122 ; Horace on, 72 ; ill- 

 treatment of, 104-105, 129, 271, 

 272 ; influence of on history, 96- 



97, 103, 104, 183, 281-284; m 

 romance, 161-164, 178, 189, 

 190, 194-196, 276-278, 280; in 

 the sixth century, 82 ; Joan of 

 Arc's, 137, 138, 279 ; likes and 

 dislikes of, 129; "leeching," 

 221 ; longevity of, 102 ; manage- 

 ment and care of, 14, 215 ; Mary, 

 Queen of Scots', 192 ; monu- 

 ments erected to, 32, 61 ; mytho- 

 logical, 10, 62, 94, 97-100, 136; 

 naming, 157, 194; North- 

 American Indians' terror at sight 

 of, 171; of Abraham, I, 2; 

 Acheans, 15-17 ; Agrigentum, 

 32 ; Anatolia 196, 281 ; Anglo- 



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Saxons, 88-90 ; Armenia, 31 ; 

 Athenians, 24 ; Babylon, 4 ; 

 Bedouins, 286-287 ; Britain, 17, 

 24 ; the Egyptians, 2, 3, 19, 281 ; 

 Erichthonius, 4, 5 ; Flanders, 

 141 ; France, 141 ; Friesland, 

 141 ; Gauls, 70, 72, 75 ; Germany, 

 141 ; Greece, 14, 15, 29, 30, 48- 

 49, 102 ; Hittites, 6 ; Ireland, 

 17, 74-75, ii5, 2 5 2 5 Libyans, 4, 

 16, 17, 48, 54, 103, 104, 281 ; 

 Macedonians, 46, 281 ; Niseans, 

 31, 34; Numideans, 64, 281; 

 Parthians, 53, 66 ; Persians, 31, 

 33, 114-115,281; Romans, 70, 

 78, 80, 102, 282 ; Russians, 123 ; 

 Scandinavians, 95 ; Scythians, 

 34-36, 281 ; Sicilians, 27-28 ; 

 Solomon, 6 ; Spain, 53, 65, 66, 

 75, 168, 171; Swedes, 83; 

 Syria, 196, 281 ; Tartars, 123 ; 

 Thessaly, 21 , 50, 54, 61, 62 ; 

 Thracians, 12, 14, 15 ; Trojans, 

 the, 4, 28; Turkish, 215, 243, 

 244 ; Philip II. 's love for, 27 ; 

 pictures of, 61-62, 137, 225, 279 ; 

 points of, 40, 41, 47, 50, 66, 68, 

 80, 140 ; prices of, 55, 125, 177, 

 178, 203, 214, 229, 235, 274; 

 represented on coins, 26-27, 65, 

 75, 103; on vase painting, 51 ; 

 on panels in Ireland, 115; 

 sacrificed, 33-36, 78, 97, 104; 

 scarcity of at Crecy, 125 ; among 

 the Romans, 282 ; Shakespeare's, 

 181, 182 ; shire horses, 140, 144; 

 Spanish Armada, 222; "starling- 

 coloured," 53 ; starvation of, 146, 

 147 ; stolen, 214 ; strength of, 

 105, in, 112; superstitions 

 about, 78, 79, 121, 123, 213; 

 three-years-olds, 271, 288 ; 

 trained to music, 8 ; transported 

 to Cuba and Hispaniola, 169 ; 

 unshod, 24 ; war horses, 104, 

 109-111, 131, 136-138, 199, 200, 

 283, 292 ; wealth expressed by 

 number of, 81 ; with white star, 

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Horse thieves, 120 



