. The history and art of horsemanship . racflice, and confirmed by this exifting fadl. The hyppodromes, or curfus, were called, in thelanguage of the country, rhedagua; the racer rhe-dagwr, and the carriage, as we find, rheda. One of thefe hippodromes, about half a mile to thelouthward of Leicefter, retains ftill, under the variouscorruption of fpeaking and writing, the old name Rhedagua, in the corrupted one Rawdikes, 6 Dodor ANCIENT CHARIOT. 2^9 Docftor Stukely fays there is another of thefe nearDorchefter ; another on the banks of the river Lowther,by Perith in Cumberland ; and another in t
. The history and art of horsemanship . racflice, and confirmed by this exifting fadl. The hyppodromes, or curfus, were called, in thelanguage of the country, rhedagua; the racer rhe-dagwr, and the carriage, as we find, rheda. One of thefe hippodromes, about half a mile to thelouthward of Leicefter, retains ftill, under the variouscorruption of fpeaking and writing, the old name Rhedagua, in the corrupted one Rawdikes, 6 Dodor ANCIENT CHARIOT. 2^9 Docftor Stukely fays there is another of thefe nearDorchefter ; another on the banks of the river Lowther,by Perith in Cumberland ; and another in the valleyjufl without the town of Royfton. Such were the equeflrian fports of the ancient Bri-tons, who even in their PaJIimes encouraged a warlikefpirit and emulation, and advanced the public welfare;for by making pleafure fubfervient to fcience, and con-fidering the race only as an exhibition of military Ikill,they dignified the fport, and made their cavalry no lefsthe delight and ornament of peace, than the fupportand terror of APPENDIX T O T H E FIRST VOLUME. PAGE 14. Their manner of riding, &c.] Inlatter times, however, Arrian, fpeaking of them,fays, that Saddles were not in ufe among them, nor hadthey Bridles made after the fafliion of the Greeks andCelts ; but, inftead of them, they governed and guidedtheir horfes with a thong or flrap, cut from the raw hideof a bull, which they bound acrofs their nofes-. on theinfide of this Nofe-band, they fixed certain little pointedpieces of iron or brafs, moderately fharp; the richerfort ufed ivory. In the mouth a fmall piece of ironwas put, like a Bar, or Spit, to which the reins weretied: when thefe were pulled, the mouth-piece ope-rated, and the fmall teeth which were on the Nofe-band,pricking the horfe, obliged him to obey, and anfwerthe will of the rider *. The modern inflruments, called * Arrian Hift. Indie, lib. I. R r CavefonSf : 30Z APPENDIX. Cavefoiis, from the Italian word Cavezza, an halter, Col- lar, or He
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