A* J. C. MEYER, SR. 
whose gallop overthrow old baronies and build up new castles. 
The horse race ! A magic word, which stirs up the heart, the 
spirits of a whole nation by a great deal more than in the days of 
the Olympics, where an ivy wreath was the reward of the victor, 
when a young and poetic people found pleasure in the noble 
horses of Elis, and at the same time in the songs of Homer and 
Orpheus. 
The thirst for the unknown which consumes civilized man has 
never been better quenched than by the uncertain eventualities of 
the turf; this mathematical study as to the fate has never been 
carried to such an extent as in a stud book or in a racing calendar. 
The horse was the original symbol and instrument of chivalry, 
an institution which flourished in the middle ages in England, 
France and Germany. 
The knights bestowed great attention and care upon the breed 
and training of their horses, and all kings and princes issued 
proclamations to the effect that the landed estates of all chevaliers 
who defend their country with the sword and helmet are free from 
taxation, provided they furnish weapons and horses for the service 
and protection of the fatherland. 
A chevalier stood in the same rank as a prince, and it has been 
noted that many titles are derived from the word horse, or the 
use to which it was destined. Chevalier, from the French cheval; 
Ecuyer, from the Latin equns; Marquis, Marechal, Marshal, from 
the Gel tic and German March; Counitable, from the Latin cones 
stabuli—provost of the king’s stable ; JDuo, chief of the cavalry. 
Cities were also named after studs, as Argyle in Scotland is 
presumed to be derived from Are-gael, the breeding or horse 
stud of the gael. Brovisel is said to be derived from broeden— 
breeding; Broisel—for such is the interpretation of Brussels—the 
site where the city stands being anteriorly a breeding pasture, 
formed by the Counts of Lonvain before Brabant was raised into 
a Duchy. Stuttgart in Wurtemburg has its name from Stuten- 
garten. 
In* the early ages and to the end of the first thousand years, 
the horse was mainly used for war. During the last centuries its 
original purpose became more and more diverted until at last it is 
