The Emperor Trajan, showing Roman style of riding 33 From Richard Berenger's “The History and Art of Horsemanship.” The Emperor Theodosius, showing saddle 33 From Richard Berenger's “The History and Art of Horsemanship.” A Parthian horseman, showing Parthian style of riding bareback 33 From Richard Berenger's “The History and Art of Horsemanship.” Sarmatian horse and warrior, meant to represent horse and rider in armour made of plates of bone or of horse-hoof 33 From Richard Berenger's “The History and Art of Horsemanship.” A portion of the Parthenon Frieze, executed by Phidias about the year 440 B.C. 39 Roman soldier about to adjust “stocking” used in place of shoes 44 From Richard Berenger's “The History and Art of Horsemanship.” Roman soldier about to mount on off side 44 From Richard Berenger's “The History and Art of Horsemanship.” A Mauritanian horseman, showing how the Mauritanians and Humidians rode without saddle or bridle 44 From Richard Berenger's “The History and Art of Horsemanship.” Alexander the Great on horseback, about 338 B.C. The figure is believed to represent Bucephalus 55 From a bronze in the British Museum. Persians fighting with elephants against the Romans, about the time of Pyrrhus, 280 B.C. This picture has been wrongly attributed to Raphael 62 From an engraving. Caligula on horseback. About 37 A.D. 79 From a figure in the British Museum. Bayeux tapestry supposed to represent the Battle of Hastings, 1066 110 Statue of Colleoni by Verrocchio in Venice 203 From a photo by R. Anderson, Rome. Van Dyck's famous picture of Charles I. on horseback in the National Gallery, London 225 From a photo by Franz Hanfstængl. Oliver Cromwell on horseback 233 After the painting by Van Dyck. Horses of the Cavaliers, seventeenth century. From a painting in the possession of his Majesty King Edward VII. 243 From a photograph by Franz Hanfstængl. The Duke of Schonberg on a typical charger of the early seventeenth century 257 After the painting by Sir G. Kneller. Flying Childers, bred by Mr Leonard Childers in 1715, is said to have been “the fastest horse that has ever lived” 269 From a photograph by A. Rischgitz. Mr O'Kelly's Eclipse, the most famous thoroughbred stallion ever foaled, 1764 273 After the painting by G. Stubbs.