The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1898-01-05
HORSES In HISTORY.
SOME OF THE NOBLE sTEEDS THAT
HAVE ACHIEVED FAME.

/ SOME OF THE NOBLE STEEDS THAT
HAVE ACHIEVED FAME.
| The Four Footed Friend For Whom "A
city Was Named Roman Horses That
Lived Like Princes Chargers Who Mon
Renown Amid the Carnage of War.
1t Is hard to say with any near ap-
proach to accuracy how long the horse
has been n domesticnted animal We
can only say that he has been SO from
time immemorial-that is from the
earliest times of which We have any
records. Tho Assyiian sculptures--and
they are about the most ancient of which
we know anything, for some of them
are estimated to date from 1900 B. c.
contain moro representations Of capari-
soned horses than even men. Still, we
do not get any examples Of favorito
horses until long timo after this.
Even the first examples. indeed nro
only legendary, for, though there is no
doubt that Hector of Troy existed, it is
not improbable that Homer invented
the names of his three favorite horses,
Poderge, the cream colored Galathe aud
the fiery Ethon But the horse of Alex.
andcr the Great, Rueephalus, is an indi.
vidual ms historically real rs his master
This famous horse was, says Plutarch,
offered to Philip for Ii talents (ahout
60, 01S), but he displayed SO much vi.
ciousness that Alexander's father was
about to send him away when the
young prince offered TO tame him. He
agreed, i'll the event of failure. To for.
felt tho price Of tho horse and began by
turning his head to the sun, as ho oh
served that the horse was frightened nj
his own shadow In tho end he com
pletcly tanned him-so completely, iu-
deed, that Bucephalus, though he would
permit nobody except Alexander to
mount him, always l,nclt down for that
purpose to his master. lIo died at the
ago of 80, and his master built ms his
mausoleum the city of Buocphnla
Readers of Maeaulay will remember
tho famous black Auster the horse of
Merminius. and the dark gray charger
| of Mamilius, whose sudden appearance
in tue city of Tusculum without his
master brought the news of tho defeat
of the allies NJ Lake Regillus. Connect
cd with that battle, too, were the horses
OF the great twin brethren Castor
and Pollux, coal black, with white legs
and tails, But those are legendary. Not
so, however, the well known horse of
Cnliguln, Incitatus This animal Ind u
stable of marble; his stall was If ivory,
his clothing of purple and his matters
stiff with gems He had set OF golden
| plates and was presented with palace,
furniture and slaves complete, III order
that guests invited in his name should
be properly entertained His diet was
the most costly that could he imagined,
the finest grapes that Asia could provide
being reserved for him. Ncrus, another
Roman emperor about "A century later,
treated his horse almost as oNtravaeant'
ly. lie fed him with raisins and almond,
with his u1n hands, and when he dico
erected a etatu0 of gold to him, while
all the digultarics of the empire attend
ed the funeral
Az we eome TO later times ~ we get
more examples of favorito horses. vii
l
rode at the bnttlo of Hastings, about
which utmost everything seems to he
| known except his name. lo was Of
huge size aud was "A present from King
| Alfonso Gi Spain--"such gift as Il
prince might give and II prince receive ~
This gallant horse, however, did not
survive tho battle, for Gyrth, Harold =
butcher, "cloyo him with bill and he
died. Richard Is horse was called
Maleck, and was jet black He bore his
master through tho holy war and ar
rived in England before him. In fact,
ho survived the king several years. Tho
second Richard too, had fayorte
horse, called Roam Barbary, which was
supposed to be the finest horse in Europe
| at that time, and it was on Roam Bar
barry that the young king was mounted
when the incident wherein Wat Tyler
was stabbed by the mayor Of Walworth
took place
About century later we get tho
| Wars OF the Roses and in the many
battles Of that civil disturbance cou.
pie Of horses played important parts
These belonged to tho great Earl Of
Warwick, the kingmaker. His first
was Maleck, beautiful gray, which
bo rode at the battle Of Towton. 1t was
this horse whose death turned the for.
tunes of the battle, for Warwick, seeing
that his men were giving ground, de.
liberately sprang from his favoritc horse
and killed him. Then his men knew
that the kingmakcr was prepared to
conquer, but not to fly. They rallied
and finally won the battle.
There were two horses belonging to
highwaymen which were famous in
their time. One Of them belonged TO
the celebrated knight of the rond, Paul
Clifford He was called Robin and was
Irish. In color iron gray, no was re-
puted by judges Of horsefiesh and
there were some who were quite as COM
potent TO give an opinion, il not more
| SO, as any of tho present day--to be alb
solutely without blemish and to be Sec
ond to none. Another famous horse, or
rather mare, was Black Bess. Her own
er, Dick Turpin, or, to give him his
correct name Nicks, committed rob
| berry in London at o'clock III the
morning, and, fearing discovery, made
for Gravescnd, fcrried across tho river
and appeared at the bowling green in
York the same evening having accom-
plished his ride Of 800 miles in 1G hours
on ono horse At least 40 says tho leg
end, and this is certain--that on his
trial he was acquitted, the jury eonsid
ering it impossible that he could have
got to York in the time. - London
Standard.
He Listened to All.
FGntenelle listened to everything
and he offended no ono by disputing
anything At the close Of his life he
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