The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-08-08
FAMOUS HORSES.
The FhvOrites of Heroes From
BucCphnIus 10 MnrenGO.
From Tho london sIandard.

The Tnvoritcs of Heroes From
BUcCphnIus 20 MnrcngO.
From the London Standard.
It is hard to say with any near APP
proach to accuracy how long the horse
! has been domesucated animal We can
only say that he has been so from time
immemoral--that is. from the earliest
times of which we have any records. The
Assyrian scriptures and they are about
the most ancient of which we know any
thing, for some of them are estimated to
date from 1900 b. C.-coutain more repre-
sensations Of caparsoned horses than
even men. Hence the horse was domesu-
Gated 6O00 years ago at least This being
so, it is probable nay certain, that there
were among them individual favorites who
were petted and caressed more than 9th
ers, either on account Of their beauty, size
or amiability. Still we do not get any eX~
ampes of favorite horses until a long
time after this.
Even the first examples, indeed, are only
| legendary, for though there is no doubt
| that Hector of Troy existed, 1t Is not im-
| probable that Homer invented the names
| of his three favorte horses, Ponderge, the
! cream coiored Galathe, and the fiery Eth
| on. 1t is likely, too that the horses of
| MenelaGs %anthor. and Balls were also
| fictitious But the horse Of Alexander the
| Great. Bucephalus, is an individual as his
| torically real as his master This fam
! Gus horse was, says Plutarch, offered to
| Philip for IS talents about f25l@, but he
| displayed so much Viciousness that Alex
ander's father was about 20 send him
away, when the young prince offered to
| tame him. He agreed, in the event Of
| failure co forfeit tho price Of the horse,
| ana began by turning his head to the sun.
! as he observed that the horse was fright
| ened at his own shadow. In the end he
| completely tanned him-so completely in
! deed that Bucephalus, though ne would
permit nobody except Alexander to mount
| him, always knelt down for that purpose
/ to hts master. lie died at the age Of 30
| and his master built as his mausoleum the
! city of Bucephala.
Cyrus again had a pet horse, called Pc
| saces which he rode at the battle Of Gu
| naxa. in which he was finally killed, and
! fl was mainly due TO the high spirit OF
| this animal that the Persian king was
| slain for he became unmanageable, and
| rushed with his master into the thick Of
| the battle. Readers of Macaulay viii re-
| member the famous black Auster, the
/ horse Of Horminius, and the dark-gray
| charger Of Hamilius. whose sudden APP
rearance IN the city OF Tusculum without
his master brought the news of the de
| feat Of the allies at Lake Regillus. Con-
! nected with that battle. too, were the
horses Of the great Twin Brethren
| Castor and PolluX-Cykaros and Harpa-
gon, coal-blacK with white legs and tails.
| But these again are legendary. Not 90,
| however. the well known horse Of Caligula
-Incitatus. This animal had a stable of
marble. his stall was OF ivory, his clothing
of purple. and his haltcrs stiff with gems.
He had a SET Of golden plates. ana was
presented with a palace, furniture, ana
slaves complete In order that guests IN
vited IA his name should be properly en-
tertained His diet was the most costly
that could be imagined, the finest grapes
that Asia could provide being reserved FOR
him. Verus, another Roman emperor,
about a century later, treated MS morse
almost as eXtraVaganty. BE fed him with
raisins and almonds with his own hands,
and when he died erected a statue Of gold
20 him. while all the dgnitarles OF the
empire attended the funeral.
As we come to later times, 50 we get
more examples of favOritc horses William
the Conqueror had one, which he rode at
the battle of Hastings about which al
most everything seems TO be known ex-
cept his name. He was Of huge size, and
was a present from King Alfonso OF Spain
-"such n gift as a prince might give ana
prince receive" This gallant horse, how
ever, did not survive the battle, for Gyrth,
and he died" Richard rs horse was called
Malcck, and was Jet black lie bore his
master through the holy war, and arrived
In England before him. In fact, he sur
vived the king several years. The Second
Richard too, had a favorlte horse, called
Roam Barbary which was supposed TO be
tho finest horse la Europe az that time,
and Il was on Roam Barbary that the
young king was mounted when the incl
dent wherein Wat Tyler was stabbed by
the mayor OF Walworth took place.
About a century later, we get the wars
OF the Roses, and In the many battles OF
that civil disturbance a couple Of horses
played important parts. These belonged
to the great Earl Of Warwick, the king
maker His first was Malcck-a beautiful
gray which he rode at the battle Of Tow
ton. IL was this horse whose death turn
ed the fortunes OF the battle, for Warwick
seeing that his men were giving ground,
deliberately sprang from his favorite horse
and killed him. Then his men knew that
the king-maker was prepared 10 conquer,
but not 20 fly; they rallied, and finally
won the battle. Al Barnet he rode his IA
vOrite horse Saladn, "A Jet-black animal OF
great size ana beauty warwick tried the
same oxpedlent az Barnet as az Towtoni
but 90 Lord LyttOn. In 1.-THE Last Of the
Barons.' has described how Warwick,
when he saw that he was h0pclcssly beat
en- Killed his horse 80 that he should not
run away. ln spite Of himself. FAR more
graphically than lies IN our power we
can only ada that the oXpellent failed. II
was "a strange coincidence that OF the four
horses belonging 10 English kings OF which
we know the names three should belong
20 three Richards But we have only
Shakespeare authority for saying that
the horse which Richard III. rode at Bos-
wick Field was named White Surrey. Sun,
Shakespeare did not probably invent the
name. and there may have been legend
cxtaut ln hts time which Haid that that
WAS tho name OF the horse which Richard
rode nt BOHworth
About the snme time nH che civll war
was raging in England, tnorc was n pot
horse with n w0rld-w vide reputation Do 81.
lsfouco in spain. This was laruicaa. che
horse or tho great Spanish champion. nuy
Dlaz che ca. 400 90 0f loyalty huy Diaz