Democratic Sentinel, Volume 17, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 August 1893 — Horse Lore. [ARTICLE]

Horse Lore.

In that portion of Genesis which tells the story of Joseph, the famine, etc., we find the first historical allusion to the horse. Prior to 1066 the horses of England were never shod. Henry VIIL put a stop to the raising of inferior horses in England by having all slaughtered that were under thirteen hands high at the age of five years.

In Japan the man of “quality” never forces his steed out of a walk; if the errand is one which demands speed the rider dismounts, ties the fore legs of his animal together and •trikes off at a brisk gallop on foot '