The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1895-11-16

All Are Said to Be Descendants Of Tho
That Onoo Wero Demonstrated.

Al Are Said to Bs Descendants Of Those
That Once Wore Demonstrated.
Is there such q thing a. the wild
horse, an aboriginal or truly Wild horse.
in tho world now1 The answer ID more
than doubtful The mustang Of Mex
loo. tAe wild horse Of the South Ameri-
can pampas, the brumbi Of Australia, all
are descendants Of the domestioated ami.
pals introduced from Europe. The first
horse was landed In America at Puenos'
Ayres In 1851. In l5o0-that 10, In less
than 80 years-horses had spread to re-
gfons a. remote a. Patagonia In Aus
tralia tho diffusion OF horses that havo
escaped from civilization has been quite
- rapid. and in 1875 IL was found Qeo-
essary to shoot as many az Z. 900 Wild
horses in tho colony Of New South Wales
alone.
In some parts Of Australia tho horse
pest has reoeived Legislative notice. The
wild horses tempt domestic horses to
join them. and wild stations also in
wade tho Australian horse runs and viii
manner. They reour to the ancestral
manners in q way that iS always the
same. Each stallion has his following
Of mares. ranging from a few up to 10
and even 80, and these parties may be
separate OF banded together in herds Of
considerable size. even. it Is said, 400
strong. The young and the weak mares
remain with scanty or even no follow
ing. The stallion has to maintain his
supremacy by frequent oombats. which
especially occur at certain seasons Of tho
year. The animals are suspicious in the
extreme. swift in flight. but bold in de-
Tense with tooth and heel IN emergency.
They range extensively in search Of pas
ture and water. and when hard pressed
! by danger and famine the herds break
up It is said that each troop has .
leader and implicitly obeys him. He 10
the first to face danger and give the hint
to fly. When pressed, the horses form .
ring. with the mares and foals in the
center, and defend themselves vigorous
y with their heels, or they close In on
their opponent in dense masses and
trample him to death.
It is distinctly proved. then, that
there can be no aboriginal OF Wild horse
in either America or Australia. although
there are tens Of thousands Of unknown
horses. Tradition points to central AGA
~ the original abode Of tho horse, md
there the original stock Of wild horses
may still possibly exist. DaEwin's state
ment that no aboriginal q truly wild
horse IL known to exist must still b.
hold ~ explaining tho exact position ol
this question. But We must supplement
II by stating that IL is not certain that
truly wild horses do not exist, and. On
tho whole, conclude that tho evidence
is in favor Of the existence Of tho wild
horse in central Asia, but that We have
NO evidence a. TO his pedigree in rela-
tion to domestioation. The wild horse
Of the British islands is now practically
the Shetland pony. but he is not the
powerful animal described BY Cesar.
The domeetioated animal eveeyWhGo,
however. rsvsrts veey easily 10 the sav-
age state. Tho PAGES Il Wild horse ars
. walk and sallop. The double and the
eanter arc artificial. and Il II still q
mootsd question - TO whethee the wild
hoGss ever trots Paper Read Belued
the Bombay Hiaaogjcsl aoaisN.
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