Commentary for Shabbat 187:4

א"ר יוחנן ומודה ר' נתן בכפות א"ל רב אדא בר מתנה לאביי והא הני פרסאי דכמאן דכפיתי דמו וא"ר יוחנן בן בתירא ור' נתן אמרו דבר אחד התם רמות רוחא הוא דנקיט להו דההוא פרדשכא דרתח מלכא עילויה ורהיט תלתא פרסי בכרעיה:

Now if you say that the Rabbis disagree with R. Nathan only in respect of an animal, beast, or bird, because they stiffen themselves, why particularly Ben Bathyra and R. Nathan: Surely you have said that even the Rabbis agree? — When R. Johanan said [thus] it was in respect of a horse that is set apart for [carrying] birds. But are there horses set apart for birds? Yes, there are the falconers' [horses].<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The falcons which they carry are free and do not stiffen themselves; yet in the view of the Rabbis, who make an exception only in respect of a human being, one would be culpable carrying out a falcon. Hence R. Johanan specified R. Nathan. ');">¹⁰</span> R. Johanan said: Yet R. Nathan agrees in the case of a tied [living being].<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Whether human or animal, because these certainly do not carry themselves. ');">¹¹</span> R. Adda b. Mattenah said to Abaye: But these Persians are like bound [men],<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Rashi: they ride swathed in their garments and could not walk if they wished to. ');">¹²</span>

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