Persians, the, 20, 31, 33, 36, 46 Persimmon, 288 Phallas, 10 Phrenicus, 37 Pictures of horses, 61, 62, 137, 225, 279 Pictures of races, 220 Plinth of North Cross, Ireland, 115 Points of horses, 40, 41, 47, 50, 66, 68, 80, 140 Priam, 10 Prices of horses, 55, 125, 177, 178, 203, 214, 229, 235, 274 Prizes, 11, 111, 205, 208, 245, 254, 255, 262, 275, 291 Pylian breed, the, 10 Queen Anne, a “turfite,” 267; condemned tail-docking, 271; founded Ascot, 270; love of horses, 265, 276; revived racing rules, 270 Queen Elizabeth, 111, 114, 153, 175, 178, 187, 193, 206 Racecourses as pleasure grounds, 245 Race horses, 33, 49, 160, 199; ages of, 271; development of, 173, 202-205, 289; Elizabeth's interest in, 144; Edward III.'s interest in, 124; fondness of the Greeks for, 53; from Spanish Armada, 222, 223; James I.'s love for, 205, 206, 208; naming, 157; nineteenth century, 288; present to King Athelstan of, 91; present to Edward III., 125; present to Henry VIII., 158; reinstated by Charles II., 245; Richard I.'s, 113; Richard II.'s, 129; sold at a loss, 242; tails of, 272; training of, 156 Rameses, 2 Rarey, 12 Richard I., 111, 113 Richard II., 128-130, 246 Richard III., 138, 139 Riding bareback, 29, 38, 59 Riding masters, 41 Riding matches, 154, 176, 218, 220 “Roan Barbary,” 128, 129 “Robert the Devil,” 288 Roderick and “Orelia,” 93 Roger de Bellesne, Earl of Shrewsbury, 107 Roguery on the Turf, 174, 175 Roland and “Veillantiff,” 92, 93 “Rowley, Old,” 246; Rowley Mile, 247 Royal Ascot, 270 Royal cream-white horses, 289 Royal Mares, the, 250, 257 Royal Stud, 148, 149, 207, 216 Russia, 123 Saddle-cloths, 59, 63, 82, 155 Saddles, 59; among early Greeks, 38; among the Romans, 63, 81; in Ireland, 110; in races, 155; of the Mongols, 291; of the Normans, 110; scorned, 40, 64; used by Angles, 88, 89 “Saga of Burnt-Njal,” the, 95 “St Gatien,” 288 St George's Cup, 208 Salisbury, race gathering at, 177 Sarmatian, 44 “Savoy,” of Charles VIII. of France, 138, 139 Scandinavian barrows, 91 Scandinavians, the, 95 Scythians, the, 34, 36, 281 Seius' horse, 27 Severus Alexander, 75 Shakespeare's horses, 181-183 “Shibdiz,” 82 Shields, 20, 115 Shire horses, 140, 144 Shoes, ancient objection to, 42; found in tomb of Childeric, 42, 83; in lieu of rent, 119; leather caps used by Romans as, 73; made of reeds, 42; regularly used, 83; silver and gold, 73; sixteenth-century, 146, 155; superstitions about, 280, 286 Shortage of horses, 125, 282 Sicilian coinage, 27 Sicilians, 31, 36 Sicily, 22 Sigynnæ, the, 15, 24 Simo, 38, 50 Simon de Montfort, 118 Sir Eustace de Hecche, 120 Smerdis, death of, 37 Solomon, 6 Spanish Armada survivors, 222