Hunting and trapping stories; a book for boys . isalways unfortunate; for should either beast have a pair of legs free, in itsterror it often kicks its companion to death. Mustang catching is a sportattended with great danger, for the horse in its wild state is no mean foe. Itknows how to use its teeth and hoofs. There seems to be no doubt that horses were first brought to theAmericas by the Spaniards. Some of them escaped and roamed wild overthe prairies and became the forefathers of the mighty herds which are foundon both continents. The Indians were said to have been very much fright-ened w
Hunting and trapping stories; a book for boys . isalways unfortunate; for should either beast have a pair of legs free, in itsterror it often kicks its companion to death. Mustang catching is a sportattended with great danger, for the horse in its wild state is no mean foe. Itknows how to use its teeth and hoofs. There seems to be no doubt that horses were first brought to theAmericas by the Spaniards. Some of them escaped and roamed wild overthe prairies and became the forefathers of the mighty herds which are foundon both continents. The Indians were said to have been very much fright-ened when they first saw horses. They were unlike any animal they hadever seen before, and when they beheld men astride them they thought thatthey must be four legged devils. Five thousand years before Christ, the Egyptians and Chaldeans hadused the horse in warfare, and the old kings of Israel, Syria and Persiareckoned the strength of their armies by their chariots and horsemen. TheGreeks were superb horsemen. Horses were always used in great Roman. ij^^B^r-KT- : Jtrl^ .Ifc <t HORSES ALL OVER THE WORLD bull-fights, and chariot racing was popular until the fall of the Empire. It iscarried on in a modified fashion to-day. England has raised famous horses for various uses, but they probablyall came from the original Arab stock. Throughout Russia and Asia themost popular beasts are the little, untidy, shaggy horses of Tartary. TheCossacks have trained them to a wonderful extent, but above all they standthe terrible cold of Siberia. They are not much to look at but are remark-ably strong and enduring. In the United States we have seen cavalrymen train their horses to dowonderful things, such as to sit on their haunches and to lie down flat so asto form a breastwork behind which their riders shoot. In all the westernIndian wars the horse has played a great part. Soldiers stand in theirsaddles, ride backward, sideways and, in fact, in every possible way, with orwithout saddles. The West
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