Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-04-02
THE HORSE
BY JOSEPH BATTELL
From Advance Sheets.
copyright Secured.]
Continued Irom last 7oeek.
ASIATIC, AFRICAN AND AUSTRALIAN
HORSES

merely coniectura In any case the animal Equu
py9e70a be the tarpon described by Rtchko mel
Paas Others Rtchko describes the equal size to
horse but rounder shape color dun or BLUSH other
shades exceptional with larger head than the Krghz horse
that the largest of the wild horses scarcely
be compared smallest the domecated breeds
The head very large proportion the rest the body the
pointed either the size those OF the domest
long penduous like those the the
fiery the short and curly; the tail in instances thick IN
others and always shorter than the domescaed ANIMAL the
invariably the with ay shade underneath the
belly whilst the legs from the knee downward black the coat
is long and thick the touch than horse hair From
descriptions the tarpan wdhorse by Gmen and Paas
evident they unacquainted with Equ r@f7Oaf and
Rychkof had perhaps only heard of when he mentioned horse
tarpans blue and other colo, mentioned
by Ryhko they such probably had resumed a state
way described by Gmein and Pallas If it
could be proved that E9nuS bOa had been indigenous
further and when crossed with the domestic breed unlike all
asinne tribe produced fruitful progeny secrets in the
horse might be brought gha conjecture
partly Rychko himself when he the dun
coored apans in the neghbohoOd of a in with blue
tarpans. also gathers consistency from
the testimony Palas the habit of tarpan stations
although this instance of Breeds to encc away mares
this intermXure of blood even
these have shown marks characteristic also OF
E9u 6r9c7oa To may be referred the character
c breed noticed by Gmcn viz legs from knee hOO
black The might also stations from haf-wld
troops by the nomads Asia might entce from the wild
herds and peculiar mixture of color and breed would result from
may be considered very probable that EqunS
bysc50aH would give paentagc fruitful progeny when inter
mingled with the domestic animal and probably the wild herd of
arpans the result this crossed breeding On the
other hand is also probable that the domestic horse varying
color and shape is the descendant Of variety of Wild now
That EqA y9e70aW may have been indigenous
further the only the ak Ura OF the present day
but beyond in Northeastern Europe, highly probable
judging the history companions the teppe of Central
Asia
The saigak antelope epoch with
Capahans where bones have been discovered together with
stone Implements in caves Remnants sagak
w
than the end of the last century the sagak
West Siberia and Palas mentions having herds of this
ope the Irish below Scmipaanisk where met
with and has been completely forgotten 1t the present
day the Lake Balkosh long
the Kulan large herds the anamed animal
having in Rytchkofs time roamed the Jak In my last
excursion Baosh during several days passed its otudes
did not observe kuan and only tracks of one imprinted on
the saline soil These large numbers the
little inhabited eppes of Dzungaa and Mongolia
similar fate has probably befalen Eqnus brgevah, whose
habitat has been discovered be the that the
sagak the Kuan and wild camel If this horse indigenous at
time further the and became closely allied the troops
domescad horses owned by the nomad would be
the object OF the kenest pursuit and would the disappear
from its earliest habitat But there exist herds in
parts of Asia, called wild by Col Pncwalsky
"Wd horses called by the Mongols dgDlihad, in
western Tsadam, but Nab-Nor They
generally large herds very shy when frightened
their flight for days and the place year
Their color uniformly bay with black tails and long
hanging the ground They owing
the difficulties OF the chase One specimen OF E2HS eVaSfH
about three age size it bigger than the Kulan
dggc its head nearly the length that of those animals
but lower and better shaped the end the muzze and nasal
bones with shorter than those the wild
cdedy small in proportion its head In shape takes after the
horse its legs relatively thick the body
rounde and broader and its tail better furnished with hair than in
the of the wild Its color with yeowsh
the back becoming lighter towards the TANKS and almost white
under the belly Its hair long and wavy briced the head
nasal bones the longer cheeks and
about the lower jaws The extremity of the almost covered
with white hairs remarkable the brl-red the