Law commandeering horses for kings, 119; forbidding exportation of horses, 149-154; forbidding Roman Catholics to keep valuable horses, 264; maintenance of horses, 151-154 “Leger,” the, 288 Libya, 16 Libyans, the, 4, 7, 17, 20, 21, 29 Lincoln Race Meeting, 219 Lord Arundel (1377), 133 Lord Cardigan's “Ronald,” 285 Lord Herbert, 179, 180 Louis XIV. arranges races at St Germains, 255, 256 Love for horses, Adhils', 83; Alexander the Great's, 59; Anne's, 267, 276; Boadicea's, 77; Charles II.'s, 246-257; Elizabeth's, 187; Gradasso's, 94; Henry VIII.'s, 165; Mahomet's, 88; Mary Queen of Scots', 189; of the ancients, 97; Richard II.'s, 128; Roderick's, 93; William the Conqueror's, 108; Xenophon's, 38, 48 Macedonian soldier, 19 Macedonians, the, 46 Mahomet, encourages horse breeding, 86; goes to heaven on Alborak, 89; the mule of, 87 Marathon, 46 Mares' milk as food, 37 Mares, the Royal, 250, 257 “Marocco,” 184, 185 Marquis of Mantua, 157 Mary, Queen of Scots, good horsewoman, 192; her horses, 192; love of horses, 191 Mary II., 153 Maximilian, the Emperor, 141, 142 Menelaus, 10 Menesthus, 10 Mesmerising horses, 289, 290 Mexico, 169, 170 Monmouth, the Duke of, 255-257 “Morocco Barb,” 225 Mounting, 43, 59, 64, 66 Mounting block, 64 Mycenæ, the, 6 Mycenean Greeks, 20; period, 6, 19 Mythological horses, 10, 62, 94, 97-100, 136 Naming horses, 157, 194 Napier's “Molly,” Sir Charles, 279 Napoleon I.'s horses, 200; “Marengo,” 279 Neolithic Period, 4 Netherby races, 76 Newcastle, the Duke of, 226-228, 235, 247, 249, 257 Newmarket, 144; at end of seventeenth century, 258, 259; Charles II.'s favourite meeting, 247, 248; described by Shadwell, 251, 252; early history of, 222; Edward II. stops a tournament at, 124; Elizabeth at, 175; famous flat race arranged at, 220; first important races at, 223; fox hunt near, 253; historic race meeting at, 248; horses of, 117, 118; Iceni at, the, 75; incident at, 254; James I. present at, 206, 209, 217; Marocco, foaled at, 184; rebuilding of race stand at, 247; Spanish Armada horses at, 222, 223; the royal village, 205; under William III., 263-265 Newspaper account of races, the first, 224 Normans, 20 Northern America, no horses in, 168 Nose bands, 18, 286 Numidians, the, 64, 281 Oaks, the, 290 O'Byrnes, the, 127, 128 Oliver Cromwell, 233, 234 Olympic games, the, 25, 27, 31, 32, 37 O'Moores, the, 127, 128 Opposition to coaches and railways, 237, 238 “Ormonde,” 288 Oxen used by Roman Catholics, 264 Pale, the, 127 Parthenon frieze, the, 29, 30, 39, 64 Patroclus, 12 Pausanias, 44 Pedigree through dams, 100, 101 Pegasus, 16, 98 Peloponnesian War, 24 Persia, 36, 37, 43