. "Centaur" : or The "turn out," a practical treatise on the (humane) management of horses, either in harness, saddle, or stable; with hints respecting the harness-room, coach-house, &c. Horses; Horsemanship. OR, The Turn Out. l:^. THE "CENTAUR. 99 feast of Pirithous. "0 Circe ! 0 mother of spite, Speak the last of that curse and imprison me quite, In the husk of a brute; that no pity may name The man that I was, that no kindred may claim— The monster that hunters shun in their flight, The men in their horror, the women in ; ENTAURI (-orum), that i
. "Centaur" : or The "turn out," a practical treatise on the (humane) management of horses, either in harness, saddle, or stable; with hints respecting the harness-room, coach-house, &c. Horses; Horsemanship. OR, The Turn Out. l:^. THE "CENTAUR. 99 feast of Pirithous. "0 Circe ! 0 mother of spite, Speak the last of that curse and imprison me quite, In the husk of a brute; that no pity may name The man that I was, that no kindred may claim— The monster that hunters shun in their flight, The men in their horror, the women in ; ENTAURI (-orum), that is, tlie Bull Killers, were an ancient race, inhabiting Mount Pelion in Thessaly. They lead a wild and savage life, and are hence called " savage beasts" in Homer (who lived 1,000 years before Christ). In later accounts they were represented as half horses and half men, and are said to have been the offspring of Ixion and a cloud. The Centaurs are celebrated in ancient story for their fight with the Lapithse, which arose at the marriage This fight is sometimes placed in con-. nexion with a combat of Hercules with the Centaurs. It ended by the Centaurs being expelled from their country, and taking refuge on Mount Pindus, on the frontiers of Epirus. Chiron is the most celebrated among the Centaurs. We know that hunting the bull on horseback was a national custom in Thessaly, and that the Thessalians were celebrated riders. Hence may have arisen the fable that the Centaurs were half men and half horses, just as the native Americans, when they first saw a Spaniard on horseback, believed horse and man to be one being. The Centaurs are frequently represented in ancient works of art, and generally as men from the head to the loins, while the remainder of the body is that of a horse with its four feet and tail. Chiron, the wisest and justest of the Centaurs, son of Cronos (Saturn) and Philyra, lived on Mount Pelion. He was instructed by Appollo and Diana, and was renowned fo
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