92 XENOPHON ON HORSEMANSHIP. 



haired,", " crinkly," and it is said to fold over 

 to the right. All these expressions might be 

 applied to a short, and the first even to a 

 hogged, mane. Xenophon comes nearest to 

 calling the mane long when he uses the 

 phrase eco? av Ko/jucoatv, which I have ren- 

 dered ''while it is flowing" (chap, v, p. 32). 

 But the context shows that it is there a 

 question of mane or no mane, not of short or 

 long. And there is nothing in the chapter 

 to show that Xenophon disapproved of keep- 

 ing the mane down by trimming; there must 

 be plenty to take hold of in mounting, he 

 says, and enough for beauty. On the other 

 hand, it is evident that he would have had no 

 hogging of the mane, and none of the other 

 writers mention such a thing. But Xenophon's 

 very insistence on the beauty of a flowing 

 mane seems to me to show that not all the 

 world agreed with him ; he is as earnest 

 about it as if he were a member of the 

 Humane Society preaching against docking. 

 It is not surprising to me, therefore, to find 

 in works of art the portrayal of a difl"erent 

 fashion. Probably most people, if asked to 

 describe the mane of the Greek horse, would 



