Chapter Horns of the Altar to Horse of H by Brewer's Phrase & Fable

all skin and bone. The word means "grey-coloured."
   Haïz'um. The horse of the archangel Gabriel. (Koran.
   Harpagos (Greek, "one that carries off rapidly.") One of the horses of Castor and Pollux.
   Hippocampes (4 syl.). One of Neptune's horses. It had only two legs, the hinder quarter being that of a dragon's tail or fish.
   Honest Tom. A model shire stallion, 1105.
   Hrimfaxi. The horse of Night, from whose bit fall the "rime-drops" which every night bedew the earth [i.e. frostmane]. (Scandinavian mythology.
   Ilderim. A model Arabian stallion.
   Incitatus. The horse of the Roman Emperor Caligula, made priest and consul. It had an ivory manger, and drank wine out of a golden pail. The word means "spurred on.
   Jenny Geddes (1 syl.). Robert Burns's mare.
   Kantaka. The white horse of Prince Gautama of India (Budda).
   Kelpy or Kelpie. The water-horse of fairy mythology. The word means "of the colour of kelp or sea-weed."
   Kervela. A model French coach stallion, 1342.
   Lampon (Greek, "the bright one"). One of the horses of Diomed.
   Lampos (Greek, "shining like a lamp"). One of the steeds of the Sun at noon.
   Lamri. King Arthur's mare. The word means "the curveter."
   Leiston. A model Suffolk stallion, 1415.
   Leonatus. A model thoroughbred stallion.
   Marengo. The white stallion which Napoleon rode at Waterloo. Its remains are now in the Museum of the United Services, London. It is represented in Vernet's picture of Napoleon Crossing the Alps. Wellington's horse was called Copenhagen.
   Matchless of Londesborough. A model hackney stallion.
   Malech. (See Black Saladin.
   Marocco. Banks's famous horse. Its shoes were of silver, and one of its exploits was to mount the steeple of St. Paul's.
   Molly. Sir Charles Napier's mare. It died at the age of 35.
   Nobbs. The steed of Dr. Dove of Doncaster. (Southey.
   Nonios. One of the horses of Pluto.
   Orelia. The charger of Roderick, last of the Goths, noted for its speed and symmetry. (Southey.
   Pale Horse (The) on which Death rides. (Rev. vi. 8.)
   Palo Alto. A model trotting stallion.
   Passe Brewell. Sir Tristram's charger. (Hist. of Prince Arthur, ii. 68.)
   Pegasos. The winged horse of Apollo and the Muses. (Greek, "born near the pege or source of the ocean.") Perseus rode him when he rescued Andromeda.
   Phaeton (Greek, "the shining one"). One of the steeds of Aurora.
   Phallas. The horse of Heraclios. The word means "stallion."
   Phlegon (Greek, "the burning or blazing one"). One of the horses of the Noon-day Sun
   Phrenicos. The horse of Hiero, of Syracuse, that won the Olympic prize for single horses in the seventy-third Olympiad. It means "intelligent."
   Podarge (3 syl.). One of the horses of Hector. The word means "swift-foot."
   Prince Royal. A model Belgian stallion.
   Puroeis [pu'-ro-ice]. One of the horses of the Noon-day Sun. (Greek, "fiery hot.")
   Rabicano or Rabican. Argali'a's horse in Orlando Innamorato, and Astolpho's horse in Orlando Furioso. Its dam was Fire, its sire Wind; it fed on unearthly food. The word means a horse with a "dark tail but with some white hairs."

"Rabicano (adj.), que se applica al caballo que tiene algunas cerdas blaneas in la cola." - Salva: Spanish Dictionary.

   Reksh. Rustem's horse.
   Rimfaxi. (See Hrimfaxi.
   Roan Barbary. The favourite horse of King Richard II.

"When Bolingbroke rode on Roan Barbary,
That horse that thou so often hast bestrid."
Shakespeare: Richard II., v. 5.

   Ronald. Lord Cardigan's thoroughbred chestnut, with white stockings on the near hind and fore feet. It carried him through the Balaclava Charge.
   Rosabelle (3 syl.). The favourite palfrey of Mary Queen of Scots.
   Rosinante (4 syl.). Don Quixote's horse, all skin and bone. The word means "formerly a hack."
   Rossignol. The palfrey of Madame Châtelet of Cirey, the lady with whom Voltaire resided for ten years.
   Royalty. A model Cleveland bay stallion.
   Saladin. (See Black Saladin.
   Savoy. The favourite black horse of Charles VIII. of France; so called from the Duke of Savoy who gave it him. It had but one eye, and "was mean in stature."
   Shibdiz. The Persian Bucephalos, fleeter than the wind. It was the charger of Chosroes II. of Persia.
   Skinfaxi. The steed which draws the car of day. The word means "shining mane." (Scandinavian mythology.
   Sleipnir (Slipeneer). Odin's grey horse, which had eight legs and could traverse either land or sea. The horse typifies the wind which blows over land and water from eight principal points.
   Sorrel. The horse of William III., which stumbled by catching his foot in a mole- heap. This accident ultimately caused the king's death. Sorrel, like Savoy, was blind of one eye, and "mean of stature."
   Spumador. King Arthur's horse. The word means "the foaming one."
   Strymon. The horse immolated by Xerxes before he invaded Greece. Named from the river Strymon, in Thrace, from which vicinity it came.
   Suleiman. The favourite charger of the Earl of Essex.
   Tachebrune (q.v.). The horse of Ogier the Dane.
   Trebizond. The grey horse of Admiral Guarinos, one of the French knights taken at Roncesvalles.
   Vegliantino [Vail-yan-te'-no]. The famous steed of Orlando, called in French romance Veillantif,