"There appears to be some necessary correlation between hippophagy, pogonotrophy, and perhaps paganism."

(hippophagy == eating of horses; pogonotrophy == the cultivation of beards)

Found on page 3 of _Beards, Their Social Standing, Religious Involvments, Decorative Possibilities, and Value in Offence and Defence Through the Ages_ by Reginald Reynolds, (c) 1949; Doubleday & Co. The rest of the chapter attempts to debunk that quote.

I don't eat horses, but I did vote against the California horsemeat ban when it came up a few years ago (the ballot initiative passed, oh well).