Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1896-11-13

chao Immediately became decidedly the first in all
date The days OF hival until uirass
all the gorgeous paaphernaa of knghty warfare
before the rolling Spanish voeys at
Pava
Europe however with but few exceptions the use of the
horse slowly and be said until
elapsed generally adopted The Spaans the Ahenans the
Thcbans when highest their military had but in
slender cavalry services At the battle of Marathon the
allies had horse whatever and Papa later although
they had combined hundred and thousand
the field they had single squadron cavalry their
army protect their OF which they
severely and actually danger being literally ridden
odden undeoo by the desperate charges of myads
the Persian horse.
occasion, however, is be observed that the The
bans Thessaans yet properly Greeks though
Hellenic and the sembarbarous Thracian fought the
side of the Persian It's somewhat remarkable that at this
period the horse the highest favor and with all the
Greeks that imaginable pains expense spared improve
his breed arrive perfection speed endurance and conditions
that charoacng the highest point of honor OF all the
Of the Olympic games. For it early the tventhfh
Oympad equivalent to the $50 before the Christian that
introduced among the Ompan which
had then been established nncsN years whereas the battle OF
Hatca fought until the second year the sevenfhh
Ompad corresponding 47S b. c. nearly centuries after
the introduction of hOrsc-racng, among the Greeks
To such this display horsc-racng
for OF those days hardly can be termed poposccued that
Acbadcs the Ahcnian who lived the very which
treating time less than fourhoc chaos
the Olympic three OF which obtained prizes and that the
saca comedian Astophancs speaks breeding
the noble youths of Athens who like the Roman equities
later days took rank consequence of their serving horseback
their charges, of impoveshment and
nprccscy OF this day speak the runous expenses and
results of Epson and Newmarket
The Greek historian Xenophon thus speaks OF horses
"Firstwe will write how may be the least deceived
in the purchase horses 1t is evident then that OF the
broken colt judge by the bodily construction since he
have been backed he will afford very clear evidences his
spirit OF his body, then, say that is first to
anime the house it matters how fine be the
superstructue there be sufficient foundations war
utility he have all other points perfect
but be badly footed But examining the feet is betting first
horny the hOof those horses which
thick superior their those which have
Nor will be well fail observe whether the hoo
upright both before and behind low and flat the ground for
high hoofs keep the frog distance from the earth while the fiat
tread equal pressure hard parts the
is the with bandycgged And Simon justly Observes
horses be known by the sound their tramp
for the hollow hoof rings like cymba when strikes the solid
earth But having begun from below let ascend to the other
parts the body 1t is needhl then that the parts above
below the eocts be mot erect like
OF the goat; for legs OF this kind being stiff and nhcxbc
apt jar rider and liable inflammation The bones
however be low and prng, that the
locks liable be abraded wounded the horse be gaoped
clOds The bones the shankhe
should be thick for these the columns which support the
body but they oud have the veins and flesh thick likewise
For they have when the horse shall be gaopcd
ground they will necessarily be filled with blood and will become
that shanks will be hkened the
ended and relaxed from the bone and when this the
follows that the back ncw gives and renders the horse lame
But the horse when action bend his knees feXby a walk
you judge that he will have his legs flexible when in full
for all horses they increase years increase the feasibility
the knee And flexible goers esteemed highly and with justice
such horses much Hess liable bundcr stumble
those which have rigid unbendng joints But the arms below
the shoulder blades thick and they appear stronger
and handsomcr the also with The breast also
should be broad well for beauty strength and because it
handsomer action the oreg which do then inter-
ee but carried wide apart And again the neck ought
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