HISTORY. 



In all authentic history of the human race, we find the 

 horse mentioned as the servant and companion of man. 



When the horse was first domesticated is not known, nor 

 do we know of what country he is a native. Central Asia, 

 Arabia and Central Africa each claims this honor, and we 

 will not dispute the claims of either. 



In the time of Moses, horses were used in Egypt ; and 

 later on, Solomon kept and used large numbers of them. 

 From Job's vivid description it is evident that they were 

 used and well bred in the countries farther east. Horses are 

 represented in the carvings on the ruins of ancient Ninevah 

 and in the marble friezes of the Greek Parthenon. When 

 the Romans invaded Britain, they found the natives using 

 horses of superior quality, and took some of them back to> 

 Rome. 



It is supposed that the Spaniards brought horses to South 

 America as early as 1535, and that soon afterwards others 

 were shipped to Paraguay. From these importations, it is 

 thought there resulted the countless herds that have since 

 spread over South America, and, passing the Isthmus of 

 Panama, wandered into Mexico and California. In like 

 manner, European settlers carried this noble animal to- 

 Australia, where, as in America, he has multiplied to a. 

 prodigious extent. He has, indeed, been diffused by the 

 agency of man throughout the whole inhabited globe. 



