INDEX. 



Achilles, horses of, 99, 156. 

 Acrobats, iSi ff. 

 Action of the horse, 55, 59, 117. 

 Age of horses, 17, 23, 127. 

 Alexander the Great, loi ff. ; in 



art, 172, 179, 184. 

 Amble, the, 141. 

 Apelles, 84, 106, 

 Apsyrtus on the horse, 86, 115. 

 Arm, piece of armour called the, 



66, 152. 

 Armour for the horse, 67, 153 ; 



for the rider, 65 ff., 67 ff. 

 Assurbanipal, portrait of, 166. 



Back, double, 17, 112, 113, 114, 



115, 125. 

 Back sinew, 16, 109, 123. 

 Bareback riding, 41. 

 Barley surfeit, 28, 128. 

 Barrel, the, 88, iii, 114, 116. 

 Bars, the, 124. 

 Bit, the, 36, 53, 138, 144 ff. ; 



branches of the, 148, 161, 171 ; 



flexible, 57, 58 ; in art, 160, 



163, 167, 170,175. 179; rough, 



57, 144 ff. ; smooth, 56, 144 ff. ; 



stiff, 57, 58, 149. 

 Bits, kinds of, 56, 144 ff. 

 Boots, for the rider, 67, 154 ; in 



art, 163, 165, 173, 180. 

 Branches of the bit, 148 ; in art, 



161, 171. 

 Brands on horses, 72 ; in art, 184. 

 Breaking, 20. 

 Breastplate, for the horse, 67 ; 



in art. 179. 



Breeds of horses, 78. 



Bridle. See Bit. 



Bridling, 35. 



Brood mares, 32, 117, 135. 



Bucephalas, 78, loi ff., 125; in 



art, 179. 

 Bucephalus type, 101, 125 ; in 



art, 160, 165, 179. 



112. 



Career, the, 43, 79. 

 Causia^ in art, 171. 

 Cavalry, Athenian, 20, 75 f . ; in 



art, 162 ; dress of, in art, 103 ; 



examination for, 76, 173. 

 Cheek-piece, 146. 

 Chest of the horse, 16, 109, iii, 



113,114,115. 

 Chma eye, 102. 

 Chin-strap, 39, 136. 

 Chirrup, 55, 144. 

 Chlamys, in art, 163, 180. 

 Cloth, the, 41, 67, 140, 154; in 



art, 172, 179. 

 Cluck, 55, 144. 

 Colour of the horse, 108, 112, 



117. 

 Columella on the horse, 86, 112, 

 Coronet, the, 113, 116. 

 Cropping, 134. 

 Cuirass, 65, 150 ; in art, 165. 

 Curb, 80, 144. 

 Curry-comb, 133. 



Demi-pesade, 79, 126, 15b. 

 Dexileus, monument of, 166. 

 Discs on the bit, 56, 145. 



