Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-04-02

M1DDLEBURY REGISTER APRIL 2, 1897.
half of the tail back longer
the and buy than that of any kind of half way
the yeowsh hairs mixed with the the
extremity dark brown nearly black The fore legs brown
the hoo and the knees and obque ndsnct bars brown
down the legs The prevailing color of the lower
part oeegs brown peculiarly known with
wild asses these having only barely distngushabe
brown margin round the upper rim of the hoo Dark hairs also
the hind legs about the hoof and much higher
"From of these Asiatc will be
that the origin OF the domecaed horse still remains obscure;
the further study Of these species described here however,
lead further investigations touching this interesting point
Powakofs OF EqnS brse0ak occupying
of territory in Europe and ASIA led infer
their fossil may have been still varied and muom
and the first be tanned probably those the outskirts the
great barren steppe nhabng we'll waeed and billy
other of the andocked water basins the earliest abode
primeva In such regions Siberia fossil the
period have been discovered by and other explorers
whilst the outlying mountains of the TanSan and Pamrs will
doubtless many The primeva horse indigenous
those localities may have been easily brought under subsection
than its fellows in the steppe and may have presented such
relationship Eqns brsc70aU exists between the Kang
the dggea and the Kulan Afterwards descending with
the favored billy region they may have together the
plains where human activity appears have been
date, probably in the bronze and iron period
But however this may have BEEN E9uu bse7Oa is the sole
wild species having affinity with the horse Equ
ca6allus).
AFRICAN HORSES
The Dongola.is Oriental blood
pony does not apply Attention was first called to the Dongola
by James Bruce the traveller in Abyssna He described
horse he purchased black Dongoa horse
hands high with lofty action but emarkblefor speed
Some years after the publication Buces Travels Mr.
John Knigh-o aerward purchased xmoo-beng at the house
of Sir Joseph Banks the naturalist companion CoOin
his first voyage round the world ord Moreton enthusiast
horse breeding Lords cadcy and Dundas being also the pa
the conversation turned the book the day and Bruc descrp
ton of the big Nubian ended in their each writing
TO ntOf
the expenses bringing specimens of the Dongo
The placed in the hands Mr. Salt the British
sui Egypt After delay OF years and expense several
thousand pounds Dongoas-hve six mares
England Knight purchased Headcys share
and became possessed stations and three They fully
answered Bruces descriptions hands high with the
quality OF skin blood horse had rather long legs with white
stockings and the action OF school horse right up the curb
chain.
the produce Dongolas, O wel-bred
English turned hunters OF remarkable endurance and
speed"
In The Horse" by H. D. Richardson London So is the
following: IA ~7La
Towards central part the race
horses eXtoled by Mr. Suy possessed the quality the
Arabian with the beauty of the Barb they are he says fine
shoulder, and general clegence of form"
OF the Cape and Australian horses Sidney thus speaks
CAPE HORSES
Cape horses acquired high reputation amongst military
when kept number of regiments permanently defend the
expense imperial govern
and when the Cape the regular halfway station of all
ships bound India The following from letter addressed
the Country Genleman Paper dated King Williams Town
August 1873 gives late information very important
subject
Having been in King Williams Town, the headquarters of the
army during OF the campaign which has end
have had opportunities of seeing thousands horses
down for emount purposes for artillery, mounted infantry and vol
The neghborhood OF King Williams Town horse
producing country OF the horses bought for
purchased between Queenstown the Orange Free by
sent by the government The price allowed by for
mounted infantry and volunteer horses 62 but the average