Horses, horsemen and stable-management by Bosvile Godfrey

Author:Bosvile, Godfrey
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Tags: Horses, Horsemanship
Publisher: London : Routledge
Published: 1908-03-25T05:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER XV

WH IPS

No author has written a standard work on whips ; therefore whoever sets an example feels like a literary pioneer. You may wonder what instruments of castigation were used in the days of King Solomon ? Let us piece a great deal of evidence together, and begin by ascertaining when the wisest King of Israel lived. He was born A.M. 2971, and died 3209. Evidently whips can be traced back to the time when the Temple was built, as anybody can verify who turns to I Kings xii. 11. We quote Rehoboam's scornful remark : " And now whereas my father did lade you with a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke ; my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions." The statement is repeated in verse 14 of the same chapter. The Greeks also had an ingeniously cruel lash made of knuckle-bones, through which a string was threaded, but neither the freemen nor the slaves were often beaten with this abominable implement of torture.

In ancient Rome the "cat" was frequently used, and the victims fainted under their terrible punishment. Occasionally they died from their injuries, for the lashes were sometimes made of

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