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Show llera aad Harman la Anclanl Tlmfa, Tht Hut was tho original homo of horremen, tuij war tho eaily training of tho horse. Though ho appears lint u n la-aat of bunlcm nnd Uiouh riding 1 preeoiled drivlnj. thero U ovldenco to show that cliarlols In groat numliers wire uxj Iu war befuro cttalry bo I cams common. Tlio 1110 nf IIioiioim' was all but limited to war Ilulloekj wcro thoiniml moans of traiuportatlon, I and wcro no doubt then, ns now, 11 tho I orient, steady and rapid tmvilin. Tho higher tho warrior aboio tlio common soldhry, tho moni terrlblo his aect 1 and thodeadller his aim with lance an I arrow, Iteneo tlio ltce.1 1 inrlv ann, ilt. ancn In battle. To debiuo him to tho purtmxi of pleainro was novi r dr amed of. Wo find tl 0 ytrf best of cavalry In ancient tlmea. 1 ho Greeks ran agalnit a aerloui problem In U10 I'enlan light honvi when they lint trod tho toll of Aila Minor. They wero nothing Uko 10 good horsemen u tho As'.atlci until Atciandcr'i Companion laialrythowod them what drill cnul I dot "! tho ltnuiiii was atUI Ins apt. l'hlllp of Macnlon lint utllltod tlio eicellrat ma It rial of tlio ThMNitlmi plilns, an I or-ganUod or-ganUod n cavalry which, from Us maneuver ma-neuver an 1 Uttitlng, must hate cou siate.1 of aihnlrahlii honcmon. Col. T. A. Bodgu In Harpers. |