Vlll PREFACE. 



that this little book might lead some one to a 

 more thorough study of the subjects of riding 

 and driving in antiquity. They offer a fertile 

 and interesting field for special investigation. 

 Besides the German works already men- 

 tioned, and the ordinary classical handbooks, 

 the best books in which to find information 

 about the Greek horse and horsemanship are 

 Schlieben's '' Die Pferde des Altertums," 1867, 

 Martin's " Les Cavaliers Atheniens," 1886, 

 and Daremberg and Saglio's " Dictionnaire 

 des Antiquites," under the words equiteSy 

 eqimSy etc. I have not seen Lehndorf's 

 ** Hippodromos," 1876, nor Pietrement's *'Les 

 chevaux dans les temps historiques et pre- 

 historiques," 1883. One of the most charm- 

 ing of the works of Cherbuliez is his '* Cheval 

 de Phidias," 1864, in which the subject is 

 considered from purely artistic and aesthetic 

 points of view. Of course there is much 

 information scattered through periodical liter- 

 ature; but, in spite of all, the book of the 

 ancient horse is yet to be written. 



M. H. M. 

 May^ 1893. 



