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HOESES. 
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that Centaretus/^ the Galatian, after he had slain Antiochus 
in battle, took possesion of his horse, and mounted it in tri- 
umph ; upon which the animal, inflamed with indignation, 
regardless of the rein and become quite ungovernable, threw 
itself headlong down a precipice, and they both perished to- 
gether. Philistus relates, that Dionysius having left his horse 
stuck fast in a morass, the animal, as soon as it disengaged 
itself, followed the steps of its master, with a swarm of bees, 
whic^ had settled on its mane ; and that it was in consequence 
of this portent, that Dionysius gained possession of the king- 
dom.^' 
CKAP. 65. — THE DISPOSITION OF THE HORSE ; EEMAEKABLE FACTS 
CONCEKNING CHAEIOT HOESES. 
These animals possess an intelligence which exceeds all de- 
scription.^^ Those who have to use the javelin are well 
aware how the horse, by its exertions and the supple move- 
ments of its body, aids the rider in any difficulty he may have 
in throwing his weapon. They will even present to their 
master the weapens collected on the ground. The horses too, 
that are yoked to the chariots in the Circus, beyond a doubt, 
display remarkable proofs how sensible they are to encourage- 
ment and to glory. In the Secular games, which were cele- 
brated in the Circus, under the Emperor Claudius, when the 
charioteer Corax, who belonged to the white party,^^ was 
thrown from his place at the starting-post, his horses took the 
lead and kept it, opposing the other chariots, overturning them, 
and doing every thing against the other competitors that could 
have been done, had they been guided by the most skilful 
charioteer ; and while we quite blushed to behold the skill of 
man excelled by that of the horse, they arrived at the goal, 
after going over the whole of the prescribed course. Our 
ancestors considered it as a still more remarkable portent, that 
39 ^lian calls him Centoarates. Antiochus I., or Soter, is here alluded 
to. He was killed in battle with the Galli or Galatians, B.C. 261. 
39 Mentioned by Cicero, De Divin. B. i. c. 33.— B. 
40 Hardouin refers to the works of Busbequius, in which we meet with 
nearly the same account of the sagacity of the horse, as in Pliny ; Le- 
maire, iii. 489. 
^1 As already mentioned in the Note to c. 54 of the last Book, there 
were four parties or factions of the charioteers who were named from the 
colour of their dress. 
