Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1896-12-18


also recorded Thus horses occasionally born with hornke
projections the frontal bones phenomenon which fossil
mains have planned Another everson familiar
peciay county fairs the possession of hoo
which, The phenomenon of polydac
sm however, easily explained by progen-
TORS of the horse which shall take the opportunity of
doing
Marsh has gone extra
hoo and finds that generally the he second) which,
of being merely represented ordinary spntbone
complete meacarpa metatarsa the full number OF joints
and the last these clad with hoo which, rarely
reaches the ground He the pedigree the horse through
several poydace the beginning tertiary period
notices gradual decrease size the number
that the polar teeth decrease completely IT. now,
the early the horse explanation the sup
Elementary dgts which $50 make their appearance shall
look van especially in this country America the original
home othe horse and during the whole of tertiary this continent
occupied with equine mammals of many and AL
though all these became extinct before the discovery this
try their abundant mark the geneaogy
a almost unbroken succession of forms
1.-THE original of the horse, yet discovered,
doubtedy had five each The oldest member the
group known the EobbH which had wedeveloped
and the rudmen another each oreoo and three
behind This animal asabou asage aoX and its remains
the Coyphodon beds the base the In the
higher division the another equiue genus O,oA
appearance recmbed its predecessor
had only and three behind At the top the
third allied genus has been found Eh which closely
rcembled O0Abns its dgs but differed its teeth Near
the base of the formation the mocene another equine
NAL, McSohpbM, This animal about large
sheep and had three disable and the pnt another each
with but three behind At somewhat higher hor
izon nearly allied genus, ohbns 4HchHtD1, has been
found which has the pnt bone of the fifth digit reduced
short In the plocene above hree-toed horse
Poh6 HbbaJion about large donkey abundant
and still higher up ally Of the modern horse, with only
single each foot Poh6s, makes his appearance
Equ large the existing appears just above this ho
zon, and the series complete"
Oliver Goldsmith the renowned essayist says Anma
ed Nature Vol. II, chapter ky:
the quadruped animals, horse
tiul ageness glossy noothness
skin the graceful OF his motions and the symmetry his
shape have taught regard him the first and the per-
fect formed yet what extraordinary enough
him internally his will be found the different from
that of of all other quadupeds whatsoever AS the ape
proaches the the
striking proof that there may be oppostons
beauty and that all grace be referred Standard
Buon the naturalist says his discussion the
horse
Several ancient authors speak of wild horses Herodots
that the banks OF the Hypane Sctha there wild
horses quite white and that in the northern parts Thrace beyond
the Danube there others covered with hair five inches long
Aristotle also cites Syria Pny the northern countries Sabo the
Alps Spain places where wild horses be found
Among the modern Garden mentions the thing of Scotland
and the Orkneys; CLAUS, OF Muscovy Dapper OF the Isle of
Cyprus which, he says contained wild horses very beautiful
great strength and winess Strauss of the Isle of May the
Cape de Verbs where he found wild hoesve small Leo the A
also relates that there wild horses the deserts Arabia
LYDIA emotest parts Of
asserting that wild found the Arabia
and Lydia small and ash color others white whose
and short and rough and that neither dogs
horses equal them swness read the Lettres
Ehanes that China there wild horses very small size
The usual method of walking among quadruped lift
the time of the fore legs side and the hind
legs the other AS their bodies sustained upon
support which form obong the easiest moving
them is change the diagonal such
that the centre gravity the body of the animal always
points whchare