Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1896-12-18
THE HORSE
BY JOSEPH BATTELL
From Advance Sheets.
Copyright Secured
Continued fy0m last 70eek.
NATURAL HISTORY


troop direct the ALL and the largest
troops nsnctey kind that when
they ad the stronger animals oppose the and protect
the younger and weaker Wolves when packs attack with
only weakened straggers and the agua epeed
In fighting horses either themselves their hind feet and bring
down the with great the enemy wheeling about
kick violently with the hind feet"
"The says (usaons of the Breeds OF
the Domestic Animals part ix is be affected his char
and form by the agencies of food and climate and be
by other unknown He suns the of the
burning regions but there degree cold which he
exist and he approaches this limit his and
affected In Iceland the arctic circle
he has become dwarf in Lapand latitude O. he has given
place the endeer and in Kamtschata latitude SO he has
given place dog The abundance of his food
greatly affect his character and form country OF heahs and in
nutritious herbs will not produce horse large and strong
plentiful herbagc The horse the mountains will be smaller
than that the plains the horse the sandy desert than OF the
watered valley.
STANDARD Natural History Animals, Boston,
1885, valuable work. quote
"Ahough as we remarked the horse is
small yet the family possessed consider
able sagacy and intelligence, and tenacious memory The
emotional side their also largely developed their
anxiety be first in their conduct in the battlefield their
susceptibility kindness and injuries all point this
Such their natural midiy that learn from traders in South
America that sometimes mpeled by fear large herds will rush
mady in direction, often to their destruction Fear
also doubt the chief agent the process OF training
that rough process tanning which pracced by the
gauchos of South America Mr. Romanes in his Animal ntel
gence incidents pointing great sagacy the
animal such the Shetland pony going be shOd his
accord after dropping shoe Canadian horse saving
from drowning by holding her gown in his teeth and
several instances Of horses overcoming obstacles the bin
Arabns the desert have been known stand by their anng
and neigh narratives their affection
their attachment other animals
everybody"
The horse probably domesticated in Asia but the
first historical have OF the
in Egypt dated about c. date long the introduction
of the there AS present in Arabia the heavier labor Of
carrying burdens is reegated and camcl also in hso
cal times find the horse principally employed for carrying his
and for military purposes The influence proba
bly, exeted from the first towards securing increase
and the which that has taken place compare the
meicated animal his wild
exceedingly plastic organization possessed
this artificial selection doubt unconscious for the
Of horse-breedingis of comparatively recent growth
Climate and food have evidently cooperaed modifying
horse 1t is universally observed that the horses southern
tries dry sometimes anty food are capable
much greater speed than those northern countries where
the atmosphere moer and the hebag raner There speed
place strength and consequently the heavy draugh horses
the product such Flanders
the of the heaviest and powerful animals the
French Pecheron breed valued present day
qualities Although capable of enduring great cold yet
horse derorates in size countries still further the north
that the native ponies Britain and Norway and especially She
land and Iceland very dminuve One hardly believe
possible that the huge Shetland pony
scended from common and yet everywhere
with striking proofs of the variability the horse under
different natural conditions, under artificial
singular is his adaptab for the conditions under which the thor
ougbred horse northern totally
those natural to the oriental breeds which gave them
Apart such changes may be traced to the return to
freedom revcrons to what may be regarded the ancestral type
among domecated stock Such the assumption
duncoor which although nrequen in puebred horses
heess OF Very often neither par
dun, that forced find explanation
SION 1t is noticed to be frequent among horses which lead
comparatively unammeed life such the horses of Norway and