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proud and high.- spirited animal which shares with him the fatigues 
of war and the glory of the fight. Ho less intrepid than his 
master, the Horse sees danger and faces it. Accustoming himself 
to the din of arms, he loves and seeks it, and is excited by a 
warlike ardour. In the chase, the tournament, and the race- 
course, he partakes of the pleasures ; brilliant and conscious of his 
glory, he is as docile as he is courageous, and, mastering his fiery 
eagerness, restrains his impetuosity. Hot only will he yield 
readily to the hand which guides him, hut he seems even to 
consult its wishes ; ever obedient to the impression which he 
receives, he dashes on, slackens his speed, or stops, doing all at 
his master’s will. The Horse is a creature which seems to 
renounce his own independent existence in order to submit to 
another’s will, which he is able even to anticipate. By the 
promptitude and precision of his movements he expresses and 
executes his master’s purpose, feeling and showing his feelings 
according to his master’s desire. In all his unreserved submission 
there is nothing he will refuse to do ; he will serve with all his 
strength, and, going beyond it, will die in order to render a 
perfect obedience.” 
The subjection of the Horse to Man may be traced back to the 
most primitive date. Moses recommends the Hebrews to have 
no dread, in war, of the Horses of their enemies. We read in the 
Book of Kings (1 Kings iv. 26) that “ Solomon had 40,000 stalls 
for his horses, and 12,000 horsemen.” 
According to the same book, these Horses were bought in Egypt 
and brought into the country of the Hebrews. 
Homer, in his Iliad, speaks of the numerous studs of King 
Priam. The bas-reliefs on the Assyrian monuments afford us a 
knowledge of the figure of the Horses of Asia Minor ; and the paint- 
ings of ancient Egypt acquaint us with the fact that their Horses 
from the valley of the Hile were no less worthy of admiration. 
The Greeks must have given preference to the Horses of Asia 
Minor and Egypt, for the splendid remains of statues in the 
Parthenon prove that, in the age of Pericles, the Athenians were 
in possession of some magnificent specimens of that race. We 
learn, indeed, from various ancient authors, that the Horses which 
appeared in the Olympic Games were brought from Cappadocia 
and the neighbouring countries. In fact, the inhabitants, or 
