XENOPHON ON HORSEMANSHIP. 



CHAPTER I. 



TT has been my fortune to spend a great 

 deal of time in riding, and so I think 

 myself versed in the horseman's art. This 

 makes me willing to set forth to the younger 

 of my friends what I believe would be the 

 best way for them to deal with horses. It 

 is true that a book on horsemanship has 

 already been written by Simon : ' I mean 

 the man who dedicated the bronze horse at the 

 Eleusinion" in Athens with his own exploits 

 I The numerals refer to the Notes, p. 119 ff. 



