Circus riding, 7, 80, 184, 185 Cobs, 111, 205, 215 Coins, horses represented on, 26, 27, 65, 75, 103 Colour, attention to, by Elizabeth, 111, 175; by Henry II., 111; by John, 111, 112; by Richard III., 139; by Romans, 84; white and dun horses disliked for, work, 67 (see also “White horses”) Colton, John, 127 Commandeered horses, 119, 126 “Common,” 288 Commonwealth abolishes horse racing, 241-243; sets back horse breeding, 241-243, 245; the race horse extinct under, 245 Cortes' sixteen horses, 169 Coursers, 207 Cream-white horses, the Royal, 289 Cromwell, cavalry of, 233, 234; favours horse-breeding, 243, racehorses of, 243 “Cropping,” 271, 272 Cross-country matches, 218 Croton, 8, 22 Crotonians, 8, 22 Croydon Race Meeting, 210, 245 Cruelty, cause of partiality among horses for certain human beings, 129; of “cropping” and “docking,” 271, 272; unknown in America, 105 Cuchulainn Saga, 74 Cumberland, Duke of, 267 Cyrene, 21; famous for steeds and chariots, 31 “Darley Arabian,” the, 267, 268 David Hume, 173 Dead weight, 220 Declining interest in horses, 182, 183, 291, 292 Delphi, chariot-race at, 23; museum at, 32 Derby, the, 274, 288, 290; of Mongolia, 291 Derby, Lord, 11 Diomed, King, 62 “Docking,” 42, 271, 272 “Dodsworth,” 250, 251 Don Quixote, 133, 189-191 Doncaster Race Meeting, 175 “Donovan,” 288 Driving horses, 144 Dun-coloured horses, 15, 17, 24, 67, 95, 96, 137 Echepolus of Sicylon, 9 “Eclipse,” 267, 268, 273-276, 289 Edward I., 120 Edward II., 124 Edward III., 124, 125 Edward VI., 171 Egyptians, 3, 19, 281, 289 Elizabeth, Queen, 111, 144, 153; at Doncaster, 175; at Newmarket, 175; barbs, the special property of, 178; fondness for the chase, 187; her stud, 111, 144; interest in horses, 111, 153, 206; love of the Turf, 153, 175; retinue when travelling, 193; value of horses in reign of, 178 Emperor Justinian, the, 83 Erichthonius, King, 4, 5 Exænetus, 32 Exportation of horses forbidden, 149, 150 Eyes, 55, 139, 214; china eye, 55; wall eye, 55, 214, 266 Falkirk, battle of, 120 Fenwick family, the, 231 Ferdinand of Arragon, 158-159 Fictitious horses, 163, 164, 178, 189, 190, 194, 196, 276, 278, 280 Fines paid in horses, 114 Fitz Stephen, 113 “Flying Childers,” 268, 269, 274, 275 “Flying Fox,” 288 Food of horses, 54, 156, 178, 246 Four-in-hand, 5, 7 Foxhounds, first master of, 118 Foxhunting, 118, 161, 162, 179, 180, 253, 260 Francisco Pizarro, 170 Funeral of Frederic Casimir, 36; Li Hung Chang, 36; Scythian King, 35; Tartars, 36 Future of the horse, 183, 284, 285, 291