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The horse in history 



Richard II., 128-130, 246 

 Richard III., 138, 139 

 Riding bareback, 29, 38, 59 

 Riding masters, 41 

 Riding matches, 154, 176, 218, 220 

 " Roan Barbary," 128, 129 

 " Robert the Devil," 288 

 Roderick and " Orelia," 93 

 Roger de Bellesne, Earl of Shrews- 

 bury, 107 

 Roguery on the Turf, 174, 175 

 Roland and " Veillantiff," 92, 93 

 "Rowley, Old," 246; Rowley 



Mile, 247 

 Royal Ascot, 270 

 Royal cream-white horses, 289 

 Royal Mares, the, 250, 257 

 Royal Stud, 148, 149, 207, 216 

 Russia, 123 



Saddle-cloths, 59, 63, 82, 155 

 Saddles, 59 ; among early Greeks, 



38 ; among the Romans, 63, 81 ; 



in Ireland, 110; in races, 155; 



of the Mongols, 291 ; of the 



Normans, no; scorned, 40, 64; 



used by Angles, 88, 89 

 11 Saga of Burnt-Njal," the, 95 

 "St Gatien," 288 

 St George's Cup, 208 

 Salisbury, race gathering at, 177 

 Sarmatian, 44 

 "Savoy," of Charles VIII. of 



France, 138, 139 

 Scandinavian barrows, 91 

 Scandinavians, the, 95 

 Scythians, the, 34, 36, 281 

 Seius' horse, 27 

 Severus Alexander, 75 

 Shakespeare's horses, 181-183 

 "Shibdiz," 82 

 Shields, 20, 115 

 Shire horses, 140, 144 

 Shoes, ancient objection to, 42 ; 



found in tomb of Childeric, 42, 



83 ; in lieu of rent, 119 ; leather 



caps used by Romans as, 73 ; 



made of reeds, 42 ; regularly 



used, 83 ; silver and gold, 73 ; 



sixteenth - century, 146, 155 ; 



superstitions about, 280, 286 



Shortage of horses, 125, 282 



Sicilian coinage, 27 



Sicilians, 31, 36 



Sicily, 22 



Sigynnae, the, 15, 24 



Simo, 38, 50 



Simon de Montfort, 118 



Sir Eustace de Hecche, 120 



Smerdis, death of, 37 



Solomon, 6 



Spanish Armada survivors, 222 



Spartans, the, 25 



" Spumador," 82 



Spurs, in time of Henry II., 113; 

 Irish, 1 10; John Selwyn's, 188; 

 of " Blanche Rose," 155 ; of the 

 Greeks, 57 ; of the Wife of Bath, 

 131 ; of the Romans, 65 



Stage coaches, 238-240 



Stakes, at Newmarket, 254 ; in 

 Mongolia, 291 ; Louis XIV. 's 

 Plate, 255 ; St George's Cup, 

 208; silver bells as, 177, 205- 

 208, 245 ; snaffle as, 177 ; under 

 James II., 262 ; won by de- 

 scendants of Eclipse, 291 ; won 

 by Seigneur Nicolle Dex, 154, 

 156 



Stallions, adapted for coach use, 

 240 ; Arabian, 76, 203, 204, 264, 

 267-270, 289 ; celebrated seven- 

 teenth-century, 257 ; celebrated 

 eighteenth-century, 267-270, 273- 

 276 ; colour of, m ; Dutch pur- 

 chase racing, 226 ; Eastern breed 

 of, 114 ; fed on eggs and oysters, 

 178; importation of, 76, 114, 

 116, 148, 203, 204, 207, 212, 

 226, 264 ; law against exporta- 

 tion of, 166 ; shire, 144 ; 

 Spanish, 107,227, 230; thorough- 

 bred, 288 



Staying power, 105, in 



Stirrup leathers, 228 



Stirrups, 40; in Ireland, HO; 

 regularly used, 88 ; standing in, 

 220 ; unknown to Bedouins, 287 



Stud, 274, 288; Charles II. 's, 250, 

 2 57 5 Cromwell's, 243 ; Cumber- 

 land Lodge, 267 ; Duke of 

 Newcastle's, 251 ; Edward III. 's, 



