Babylon, 4; Bedouins, 286-287; Britain, 17, 24; the Egyptians, 2, 3, 19, 281; Erichthonius, 4, 5; Flanders, 141; France, 141; Friesland, 141; Gauls, 70, 72, 75; Germany, 141; Greece, 14, 15, 29, 30, 48-49, 102; Hittites, 6; Ireland, 17, 74-75, 115, 252; Libyans, 4, 16, 17, 48, 54, 103, 104, 281; Macedonians, 46, 281; Niseans, 31, 34; Numideans, 64, 281; Parthians, 53, 66; Persians, 31, 33, 114-115, 281; Romans, 70, 78, 80, 102, 282; Russians, 123; Scandinavians, 95; Scythians, 34-36, 281; Sicilians, 27-28; Solomon, 6; Spain, 53, 65, 66, 75, 168, 171; Swedes, 83; Syria, 196, 281; Tartars, 123; Thessaly, 21, 50, 54, 61, 62; Thracians, 12, 14, 15; Trojans, the, 4, 28; Turkish, 215, 243, 244; Philip II.'s love for, 27; pictures of, 61-62, 137, 225, 279; points of, 40, 41, 47, 50, 66, 68, 80, 140; prices of, 55, 125, 177, 178, 203, 214, 229, 235, 274; represented on coins, 26-27, 65, 75, 103; on vase painting, 51; on panels in Ireland, 115; sacrificed, 33-36, 78, 97, 104; scarcity of at Crecy, 125; among the Romans, 282; Shakespeare's, 181, 182; shire horses, 140, 144; Spanish Armada, 222; “starling-coloured,” 53; starvation of, 146, 147; stolen, 214; strength of, 105, 111, 112; superstitions about, 78, 79, 121, 123, 213; three-years-olds, 271, 288; trained to music, 8; transported to Cuba and Hispaniola, 169; unshod, 24; war horses, 104, 109-111, 131, 136-138, 199, 200, 283, 292; wealth expressed by number of, 81; with white star, 17, 54 Horse thieves, 120 Hunters, 183, 207 Hunting 118, 161, 162, 179, 180, 187, 192, 218, 241, 253, 261 Huntingdon, race at, 220 Hyde Park Meeting, 224 “Hyksos, The,” 2 Hypanis, the (River Bug), 21 Hyperenor, 12 Hypnotism of horses, 289-290 Iceni, the, 75, 117 Ill-treatment of horses, 100, 105, 129, 271, 272 India, 36 Influence of the horse on history, 96, 97, 103, 104, 183, 281-284 Ireland, 17, 18, 74, 75, 115, 116, 252 Iron Age, the, 15, 17, 19, 22 “Iron Horseman, An,” 227 “Isokelismos,” 30 James I., at Lincoln, 219; encouraged gambling, 210; improvement of horses under, 203; liked tall horses, 215; love of racing, 202, 209, 210; made Newmarket “a royal village,” 205; present of horses from Naples, 207; Royal studs of, 207; trained his horses, 220; wrote on horses, 220 James II., as a sportsman, 261; at Winchester races, 262 Joan of Arc, 137, 138, 279 Job, the steed of, 5 Jockey Club, the, 174, 270 Jockeys, 113, 209, 220, 253-254, 265, 291 John Selwyn, 187, 189 Julius Cæsar describes battle, 70, 71; horses in time of, 105; reference to the Iceni, 75 “Kantake,” 21 King Arthur, 82 King John, 111, 113 King's Master of the Stud, 264 “Lamri,” 82
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