FJH Glover - 1000 Famous Horses Fact & Fictional Throughout the Ages: (Not Race Horses and Not Show Jumping Horses)

Dear purchaser,

Thank you for purchasing my reference book on Famous Horses, Fact and Fictional. This 1 st Edition has taken me over 15 years to compile, I have enjoyed doing it, it started off as something to do on my computer.

I am looking to have it published, this version is self published by Xlibris. If you find any typing errors let me know.

I have started on the 2 nd Edition which will be Another 1000 Famous Horses. I would appreciate it if you help on this one. All you have to do is email me a famous horse, not already in this 1 st Edition, together with a paragraph on why it is famous. You can see from the Introduction what I mean by a famous horse. Not race horse or show jumping.

The pictures on the back and front cover are my family and friends horses, I could replace these pictures with your family and friends pictures if you wish. You would have to email the pictures.

Yours sincerely,

Frank, The Horseman (nothing to do with my anatomy).

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BOOK MAKE UP

Front cover is Lyndas first horse Chester. Lynda is authors daughter.

Back cover: Top left is Julies best friend Sky. Julie is authors niece. Below Sky is Graces horse Springtime. Grace is authors wife. Third from the top is Fury, friend of Springtime and named after the television series Fury. (See Paragraph 40). Bottom is Grace and Springtime, Puss-cat is lying on Springtimes back.

INTRODUCTION

This reference book on Famous Horses started as something to do on my computer in 1997. As I mentioned it to friends in pubs they would ask me have you got this one or that one. So the list grew and grew. You can see from the Acknowledgements pages that most people contributing to the book are patrons from various pubs. It has turned out to be A Never Ending Story. I decided to stop at 1000 horses and to continue with the next 1000 in the second edition of the book. Anyone buying this first edition will be invited to send me the names of Famous Horses for the second edition. They would have their names in the Acknowledgements. The following paragraphs contain some facts about horses. All information has been verified on the web search machines:

In 1984 the worlds horse population was estimated to be 75,000,000.

In 2000, at the International Museum of the Horse, Kentucky Horse Park , Lexington, Kentucky, an exhibition, entitled IMPERIAL CHINA was the first exhibition ever to explore the role of the horse in more than 3,000 years of Chinese history and culture. Far more than just an equestrian history, more than 350 artefacts not only illuminated the horses significance in art, warfare, leisure activities and sport, but also showed how this interaction affected the overall culture. Beginning with the Western Zhou Dynasty (1027-771 BC), and covering all subsequent dynasties through the Qing (1644-1911), the world exclusive exhibition contained many artefacts never before seen outside of China. All of the art and artefacts was selected from the collections of museums throughout Shaanxi Province, capital of China for more than a millennium, and home of the terra cotta army of Chinas first emperor.

The horse, hippus; as the scientists named it, first appeared on earth as a small, timid creature no bigger than a fox. It was 10 to 17 inches (254mm to 450.85mm) tall at the shoulder and had four toes on its front legs and three toes on its hind legs. Eohippus lived in a damp, hot jungle of huge cypress and mammoth trees. Here it fed on leaves as it roamed over the boggy ground. Small size and multi-toed feet kept Eohippus from sinking into the swamp. The remains of this original little horse have been found in such places as the Wasatch Range in Utah and in the Wind River Basin in Wyoming.

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The tapestry contains about 50 different scenes and one researcher has counted that there are 632 human figures in it, 202 horse, 55 dogs, 505 other creatures (some clearly mythical beasts), 37 buildings, 41 ships, 49 trees and nearly 2000 Latin letters.

Some 16 million animals saw action in World War I. Mules and horses ferried troops, equipment and supplies; carrier pigeons bore messages between ships at sea; and cats were kept in the trenches to hunt mice. Cavalry charges were phased out only once it became bloodily clear that horses were no match for tanks and machine guns and barbed wire.

If a statue in the park of a person on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle; if the horse has one front leg in the air, the person died as a result of wounds received in battle; if the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes.

My definition of Famous Horses are from History, Mythology, Films, Television, Books and News stories.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Nerri Eason, patron of the Old Lodge Hotel, Alverstoke.

The Life of Dick Turpin Notorious Highwayman, by

Peter Norman Jackson & Elaine Jackson.

Jane Braddick, hairdresser HMS Collingwood.

Mr AD Death. Patron of the Golden Lion, Fareham.

The Horse Whisperer by Nicholas Evans.

Black Beauty, novel by Anna Sewell.

Vets in Practice BBC1.

Holidays Out BBC1.

The British Horse Society.

Megan and the Majic Pony of Coolebeg by Diana J Bainbridge.

Horse Tails by Valerie Porter.

Buffalo Bill and his Wild West by Joseph G Rosa and Robin May.

Nolan of Balaclava by H Moyse-Bartlett.

Honour of the Light Brigade by William M Lummis and Kenneth G Wynn.

The Horse on the Cut by Donald J Smith.

The Discworld Companion by Terry Pratchett and Stephen Briggs.

Andrea Jamieson and Kevin Gregory of Gosport, Hants.

Pet Rescue TV CH 4.

The Wooden Horse by Eric Williams.

Lee Silcock, Dental Technician, Wigan.

Peter and Carol Andrews.

Irene Hunt, Landlady, The Royal Oak, Wigan.

Fairground Art by Geoff Weedon and Richard Ward.

Mr J K Prescott, Southport Amusement Arcade.

Mr Herbie Silcock, Southport Carousel.

Gill Sharrocks, patron of the Wigan Pier Club.

Mrs Ann Forster, Asda Cafe, Clayton Green, Lancs.

Dictionary of Symbolic and Mythological Animals.

Encyclopaedia of Myths and Legends of all Nations, by HS Robinson and K Wilson

Guinness Book of Records (1984)

Mrs Fiona Yeoman, Reference Libary, Fareham

Denis Ratcliffe, Wigan Greengrocers grandson.

Prehistoric England by Richard Cavendish.

Harry Johnson (ex RN) HMS Glory and HMS Wessex, 1944 to 1947.

Miniature Pony and Animal Farm, Devon.

John Clarke and Lyndsey, The Lady Bownes-Lyon sports club, Wigan.

Mark Walsh, Landlord of The Waterwheel, Wigan.

Melanie and Kelly, Dental nurses, Mill Hill, Blackburn, Lancs.

AA book, Best Days Out in Britain.

Gerry Eccles, Pub/club singer/guitar 1950s and 1960s. (Known as Sandon) and Julie.

Rita Musa, Information Services Officer, Wigan Library.