Horse and Racing Rider Tie Clip

Horse and Racing Rider Tie Clip. Pins made of rhodium-plated steel with enamel and size 17 mm.

. The origin of these races goes back to the most remote antiquity. They were the main object of the festivals of Greece and sung by its poets. The fable of the centaurs seems to prove that certain peoples of this country, particularly the Thesabanians, had very early acquired great skill in the art of horsemanship. Several passages from Homer, Pindar and Sophocles attest that horse racing was already very much in vogue when it was introduced into the Olympic Games, around the 85th Olympiad. The taste of these exercises passed from Greece to the Romans who made them. enter their public celebrations.

The race consisted of going around the circus seven times; The horses were tied to light carts and in a certain area of traffic they found limits placed in such a way that, without infinite skill on the part of the driver, the cart could break into pieces. Many times the winning horse was immolated to the god Mars, and its owner received in exchange other horses, gold and silver crowns, clothing, etc.