Note 1203 — Chapter X · THE CULT OF THE HORSE
Reading edition
Doigneau, Nos Ancêtres Primitifs, p. 127. Dr J. G. Frazer, Golden Bough, II. pp. 64-5, refers to the Roman custom, at the October chariot-race, of cutting off the tail of the right-hand horse of the victorious team, and states that this was done to ensure a good crop: the horse represented the corn spirit.