Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-03-26

| Irgartvs says:
The Chnois not how manage their horses break
by gdng that their horses
able but unseeabe that they will endure the neghng of
without flight They shoe them
SO that in rookie and hard waves they aile"
From the STANDARD Natural History before referred to- the
following interesting information concerning Aac horses taken
North Of the of Aof the cppc country lying between
Dneper Caspian still be seen large herds
wild horses small size dun color short rounded obuse
These called Tarpans by the inhabitants who do
claim that they really Wild and who hunt them the spring
when the ground in condition allow easy approach The
composed families, led by stallion appear
much same habits the Kulan described
Whether they really wild animals only descendants
horses which have escaped from ownership settled but there
infusion OF the domcscaed stock, frequently
entced by the Tarpan stations their herds Pas believes
that Tapan merely era they
OF horses which turned provide for themselves
the siege of Azo the close of the seventeenth century
Further eastward found three which
the Kulan the Djggca and the Kang These regarded by
George and Bchm unquesonab the ANIMAL which
thus have from the Kghz steppes along the north of the
maayas, the Chinese PoaIof hand is
disposed look upon them distinct Species any
we'll marked geographical varictes these ouag
has the widest rangeom the Caspian steppe Dzungaa
(Than Shan Petoo)-whe Palas typical specimens Djggeta
e. hci0u) obtained in Southern Dausa the north
that sand which constitutes the desert of Cobb The Kang
e. Kan) is only found in the mountainous regions Of Thb In
coloring length
than the Kuan dggetai larger lacks
houderstrpes The ashgay of the upper parts sometimes
marked with reddish tnge but the under parts white also
the end the muz The hoo larger and than the
Kulanan dggetai The latter certainly closer each
other than they the Kang very possible
researches will show that they only varieties the species
rehm who has had the opportunity of observing them in their
native homes describes both them and the Kang under the
specific E. Aeions and Mr. George this
Syrian wild asses and those of Culch.
The specific Aouus, halfass given the Kuan
by the Creeks of its which is between that
Of the horses and the and nearly that the mule They
upwards nearly eight length
four foot inche hirb tho tho
head twenty and the tail sixteen inches in length The
gaysh winter but uvous hue in The
and underpas somewhat paer and dorsa brown stripe
extends from the along the tail widening the The
soft and bush but has the hoggcd appearance charac
estic OF the zebra In their habits they resemble the Tapan
shy unamcabe extremely swift and difficult
approach live in families OF six twenty led by single stallion
who acts sentinel for the family and has frequently his
proprietary rights by fights stations
Kuans stationary but migrate in the spring and fall
suitable pasture grounds
The oaing time early in summer and the period gesta-
ton eleven months They frequently have been bred geological
gardens successfully with their congcners
The foregoing of the wild horses of Asia will enable
readers understand NJ Poakofs the supposed
species The hunting expedition by NJ Thouof from the
post zoisan Central quest wild
came obtained another interesting animal hitherto unknown
This species the equine identical with the
Surtckak OF the Kghz may judge DR. Bchm nforma-
ton collected the Krghz nhabng where the wild
camel known exist single specimen shot by
the native hunters and its skin preserved and gift
to Pzewa who happened to be then Zosan He presented
the Geological Museum the Academy Sciences under the
designation arpan donor species
horse Eqp4S breOaAfH but though nearly akin the
domecaed horse than other variety of wild existing in
Asia tits distinct from the arpan wild horse of travellers and
explorers the last century Indeed the information regarding the
apan collected by Rychtof Gmen, George and Paas
confusing and contradictory that many biologists
decided that the sO-caed wild horses pan strictly
speaking, wild, but which
recovering their liberty.
"A similar opinion was expressed by M. Boydanot at
meeting of the Society OF Naa of St Petersbug and Paas
disposed to same he assumed the ca