The horse, its treatment in health and disease with a complete guide to breeding, training and management (1906) (14596311370)
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Greek Horses: Frieze of the Parthenon
Identifier: horseitstreatm09axej (find matches)
Title: The horse, its treatment in health and disease with a complete guide to breeding, training and management
Plate LXXIV
Year: 1906 (1900s)
Authors: Axe, J. Wortley
Subjects: Horses
Publisher: London, Gresham Pub. Co.
Contributing Library: NCSU Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: NCSU Libraries
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ASSYRIAN HORSES From ibe P.ihice of Assur-bani-pal. Nineveh
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GREEK HORSES From the Parthenon Frieze THE HORSES OF KO.ME 525 the Israelites were in Arabia that this country, whicli has since become socelebrated for them, was at that time entirely without them. The proofis, however, of an entirely negative, character, though I confess that it is asgood as any of that nature can well be. Indeed 600 years later Arabiacould not in any way have been celebrated for her horses, for Solomon,whilst he resorted to her for silver and gold, mounted his cavalry fromEgypt. Yet the latter country could scarcely have been the native landof the horse, not possessing the extensive plains which are so peculiarlysuited to his existence in a wild state, and it is considered probable thathe was introduced from the central regions of Africa, which are undoubtedlythe native plains of the quagga, the zebra, and some other congeners ofthe horse, but where, curiously enough, he is not found in a wild state.■—Stonehenge on the Horse. These arguments are based on the su
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