. Our domestic animals, their habits, intelligence and usefulness;. A Prize-\ViNMN(; Ti:am in Ciiir.\(. Tkam of Fakm H(irsi;s, Ohio 132 OUR DOMESTIC ANIMALS statues, that of Emperor Marcus Aurelius, forinstance. Neither bit nor bridle was used tohold or guide them; often the rider had nothingbut a species of headband that pressed uponthe nose, and to which the reins were attachedby a ring. The excavations at Pompeii havebrought to light many fine models of theseheadbands. The Romans had long used sad-dles, while the Germans, regarding them asunmanly and enervating, preferred to ride did not ex
. Our domestic animals, their habits, intelligence and usefulness;. A Prize-\ViNMN(; Ti:am in Ciiir.\(. Tkam of Fakm H(irsi;s, Ohio 132 OUR DOMESTIC ANIMALS statues, that of Emperor Marcus Aurelius, forinstance. Neither bit nor bridle was used tohold or guide them; often the rider had nothingbut a species of headband that pressed uponthe nose, and to which the reins were attachedby a ring. The excavations at Pompeii havebrought to light many fine models of theseheadbands. The Romans had long used sad-dles, while the Germans, regarding them asunmanly and enervating, preferred to ride did not excel either in strength or in speed,and that their riders did not train them, asdid the Romans, to gallop round the enemywhom they assailed with their arrows, butmade them go straight forward, or, at best,swerve a little to the right. Horace complainsof the effeminacy of his times. The youngman of good family, he says, no longerunderstands the art of riding a horse and ofsubduing the restive chargers of the Gauls. wM W^~ \\ i l# fe 1 ^ ^m £ m. 1 i^ rsjKJ^fj^to^-jfe ?» ».«>,> ,;. *A a 7.;??
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