. A book of mortals ; being a record of the good deeds and good qualities of what humanity is pleased to call the lower animals. Animal intelligence; Animals, Folklore. THE HERO'S HORSE "So Darius the son of Hystaspes had been declared King. At first he caused to be made a carving in stone and set it up, and in it there was the figure of a man on horseback and he wrote upon it writing to this effect " Darius the son of Hystaspes by the virtue of his horse obtained the kingdom of ;—Herodotus. " It is noteworthy concerning Bucephalus that when dressed in his trappings
. A book of mortals ; being a record of the good deeds and good qualities of what humanity is pleased to call the lower animals. Animal intelligence; Animals, Folklore. THE HERO'S HORSE "So Darius the son of Hystaspes had been declared King. At first he caused to be made a carving in stone and set it up, and in it there was the figure of a man on horseback and he wrote upon it writing to this effect " Darius the son of Hystaspes by the virtue of his horse obtained the kingdom of ;—Herodotus. " It is noteworthy concerning Bucephalus that when dressed in his trappings and his armour for battle he never allowed himself to be mounted by anyone but the King. This too is recorded about the horse, that when Alexander mounted him in the Indian war, and performing prodigies of valour, hurled himself upon a mass of foemen without sufficient regard for himself, weapons poured down on him from every side and his horse was pierced in back and side with grievous wounds. Yet, dying as he was and almost drained of blood, he brought back the King from the midst of the foe with his most rapid speed and when he had carried him beyond weapon range he fell down on the spot, assured of his master's safety and breathed his last almost, as it were, with the consolation of human feeling. Then King Alexander, when he had gained the victory founded a city on that site, and in honour of his horse called it ;—Aulus GelHus v. ii. " Erechthon was the first who dared command A chariot yoked with horses four in ;—Georg. III. " And first bow down the bridled strength of steeds To lose the wild wont of their birth and bear Clasp of man's knees and steerage o his ; —Swinburne's Erechtheus. HE hero always has his horse. Whether it be Alexander and Bucepha- lus, Rosinante and Don Quixote, Dick Turpin and Black Bess, Prince Pertap and his grey horse Chytuc, or Siegfried and Doomsted, the man and the beast have gone together
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