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September 21, 
Live Stock and Dairy 
THE STORY OF THE HORSE. 
Paut II. 
The Horse of Aucient History. 
In Europe, before the time of his do¬ 
mestication, the flesh of the wild horse 
was eaten by man. Thus it seems that 
the horse was first appreciated as an 
article of diet. The Greeks, Egyptians, 
Assyrians, Kelts and Indians (of Asia) 
used him for chariots of war before 
riding him. The primitive horse was 
probably too small—judging from the 
fact that all of our present wild races 
are not more than 12 to 14 hands high 
—to carry a man, equipped for battle, 
for any length of time upon his back. 
This would render him practically use¬ 
less for warfare except when hitched 
to chariots. The fact that bits found 
in the Bronze Age are hardly large 
enough for a child’s pony is another 
proof of the small size of the primitive 
horse. Undoubtedly he increased in 
size when domesticated, and the larger 
animals were soon made to carry men 
upon their backs. 
In the Bible we find many references 
to and some descriptions of the horse. 
From all of these descriptions, as well 
as from those of other ancient writers, 
we infer that the horse of that period 
was much less tamable than at present. 
Ages of training and working have un¬ 
doubtedly changed his disposition to a 
marked extent, and rendered him more 
pliable in the hands of man. Many lov¬ 
ers of horses will recall Job’s magnifi¬ 
cent poetic description of a war horse 
of his day: 
“Hast thou given the horse strength? 
Hast thou clothed his neck with thunder ? 
Canst thou make him afraid as a grass¬ 
hopper? 
The glory of his nostrils is terrible; 
He paweth in the valley and rejoiceth 
in his strength; 
He goeth on to meet the armed men; 
He mocketh at fear and is not affrighted; 
Neither turneth he back from the sword. 
The quiver rattleth aaginst him, 
The glittering spear and the shield; 
He swalloweth the ground with fierce¬ 
ness and rage; 
Neither believeth he that it is the sound 
of the trumpet. 
He saith among the trumpets, Ha! Fla! 
He smelleth the battle afar off, 
The thunder of the captains and the 
shouting.” 
In Bible times the horse was used for 
war and the chase almost exclusively, 
although in Isaiah 28:28 his use for 
thrashing grain by treading it out is 
mentioned. Cavalry and chariots were 
the strength of Assyrian and Egyptian 
armies, but the kings of Israel were 
forbidden to multiply horses. This was 
partly because they were connected with 
the worship of the sun, but also because 
the strength of cavalry might make the 
Israelites confident of their own power 
and forgetful of their dependence upon 
the arm of the Almighty. 
Solomon says, Proverbs 26:3: “A 
whip for the horse, a bridle for the 
ass, and a rod for the fool’s back.” It 
would seem more just to us of thq 
present day to say: “A bridle for the 
horse and a whip for the ass.” Bagster, 
however, is authority for the following 
statement: “The eastern ass is more 
beautiful and a better goer than ours, 
and, being active and well broken, needs 
only a bridle to guide him; whereas 
their horses, being scarce, and often 
caught wild and badly broken, are much 
less manageable and need the correction 
of the whip.” This wild characteristic 
is suggested in Jeremiah 8:6: “Every 
one turneth to his course, as the horse 
rusheth into battle.” In the Bible the 
strength of the horse is mentioned more 
often than his speed. For example, 
Psalms 33:17: “Neither shall he” (the 
horse) “deliver any by his great 
strength.” Also Psalms 147:10: “He 
delighteth not in the strength of the 
horse.” But his speed is suggested in 
Joel 2:4: “As horsemen, so shall they 
run.” Also in Esther 8:10 and 14. 
So far as we know, the Hebrews did 
not use horses extensively until the time 
of King David; but soon after this their 
use must have been quite common, for 
in I Kings, 4 :26, we read that Solomon 
had 4,000 chariot horses and 12,000 cav¬ 
alry horses. These he procured from 
Egypt. King Solomon not only bought 
horses from Egypt for his own use, but 
also for the purpose of reselling them 
to the Hittites at a profit. In his time 
the price of a horse was about 150 
shekels of silver. This was also the 
price of a chariot, and a chariot was 
RURAb NEW-YORKER 
a simple vehicle, so we may infer that 
horses were comparatively cheap in 
those days. The countries around Pal¬ 
estine used horses more commonly than 
did the Israelites. As stated befflje, 
they were introduced into Egypt by the 
Hyksos, or shepherd kings, before the 
eighteenth cfynasty. They were abund¬ 
ant in Egypt before the exodus of the 
children of Israel. The Assyrians and 
Canaanites also used horses about this 
time. Their cavalry was very formid¬ 
able, and the chargers highly bred, as 
Assyrian sculptures testify. They were 
bred with powerful shoulders, short, 
thick necks and high crests; probably 
in order to make them look fierce that 
they might terrify the enemy. The 
prophet Habakkuk, in Chapter 1, verse 
8, says, in speaking of the Chaldeans, 
“Their horses also are swifter than the 
leopards, and more fierce than the eve¬ 
ning wolves.” The trappings of the 
Assyrian charger were many and com¬ 
plicated. The bridle was commonly 
placed over the nose, although some 
used bits. His head was decorated with 
tassels and bows, and a collar, carrying 
a bell, was placed around his neck. 
Only one saddle has been discovered in 
Assyrian sculpture, so we may infer that 
they were not commonly used. In place 
of saddles many of the warriors cov¬ 
ered their horses with embroidered 
trappings. The Assyrian horse was not 
shod, therefore hoofs “as hard as flint” 
were of great merit and were certainly 
sought after and bred for. At this time 
two different words were used for 
horses. “Sus” denoted large heavy 
horses used for chariots; perhaps these 
were brought from Susa, and hence the 
name. “Parash” denoted a cavalry 
horse—lighter and more active than the 
other, and probably brought from Per¬ 
sia. 
Agriculture was the last use to which 
the horse was put. One of the earliest 
suggestions is seen on the Bayeux tap¬ 
estry (where a horse is drawing a har¬ 
row), which was made in 1066 by the 
wife of William the Conqueror to com¬ 
memorate his conquest of England. 
This, however, must have represented 
an exceptional use for the horse, for 
oxen were used almost exclusively for 
agricultural purposes long after this 
event. According to sculptures and bas- 
reliefs found at Persepolis, Ecbatana 
and Babylon, the Persian gray of an¬ 
tiquity was almost equal in bulk to the 
heaviest draft horses of to-day. A frieze 
on the Parthenon (fifth century B. C.), 
shows rather small muscular horses. 
These had short backs, very high with¬ 
ers, short powerful necks, fine crests, 
heads very erect and fierce expression 
of face. The statue of a Roman horse 
of the second century B. C. is larger 
and more powerful, but has the same 
general shape and appearance. 
From what we can learn of the horse 
of this early period, it is evident that 
he varied in size and build as he does 
at the present day. We may be sure 
that he varied in many other respects 
as well; in fact, at the very beginning 
of history, the different forms and 
breeds of horses were probably as many 
and complicated as they are at the pres¬ 
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