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MANAGEMENT AND BREEDING OF HORSES 



food, then drove them, then used them for riding and 

 finally used them as beasts of burden. That the horse 

 was used for food is emphasized by the frequency with 

 which the remains of the prehistoric horse are found 

 associated with those of the primitive man in both the 



FIG. 50.— HUNTERS 



Mammoth and Reindeer Age of the Paleolithic and in the 

 Neolithic. 



That the horse was driven before used for riding seems 

 to be borne out by this evidence, nor is this strange when 

 we consider the small size of the 'prehistoric horse. 

 When the horse was first domesticated is not definitely 

 known, perhaps in the Neolithic, as this seems to be es- 

 tablished by the findings among the Swiss lake dwellers. 

 The horse was used extensively for driving during the 

 Bronze Age, as is evidenced by the frequency with which 

 the remains of man, horse and chariot are found in the 

 caves, river gravels and rocks. 



