The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-11-05
CROSSES WITH THE ZEBRA.
~ EQUINE HTBRID SAID TO BE
HEIIER IHAN The MILE.
..,.,,or Also to the Horse for Some
pnrpo.es-Brarilinn Experiments with
,,. Offspring OF Mares and Iebrn Sires
rs,rt. to niesticats the Zebra.

md n few breeders nave madc the experiment.
:, c,ossing this animal with tho horse in the hope
Nj t,s energetic disposition would result in
s.,,,ble hybrid. In most cases these expert
...n,. have been failures and this seems always
!. have been the caso where the dam was the
..h,, Among those who have had some sue.
e ia Baron de ParanA, in the State of Rio Janeiro.
nail Recent information furnished by the
y,.,iii.n Minister at Washington TO the Bureau
:, Animal Industry Of the Department Of Agricul-
.,,. shoy that he has succeeded in producing
Larger and handsomcr hybrid than the mule
ard one which appears TO be more valuable
.nimL The Baron il reported as asserting
,oa, positively that tho zebrod, a. he calls the
hvbdd is tho coming equine hybrid Of the TWEEN
a,,h century. and that II is sure TO supplant tho
rv,i,, less trustworthy. more cratic, and far
-, energetic offspring Of the ass and the mare.
The wilde parde Of the carly Dutch African
.,o,is,s the wild horse common zebra as
,b,n known, was the mountain zebra, originally
an. commonest species Of the genus, bu, now
,.,b.r rare animal OF this species Capt Harris,
,,i,i,p in 1870 said Seeking the widest and
100, scoues,crcd spots the naughty troops Of
,.... animals are most difncult to approach. as
III On account Of their wachful habits and fleet
r.ss of foot as from the abrupt and inaccessible
nature Of their highland abode Under the charge
n . sentinel so posted on an adjacent crng ns
,o command view OF every avenue of approach,
Al. .h.ckerod herd, whom painted skins adorn.
"a to be viewed perambulaung some rocky ledge.
m which the rifle ball alone can reach them. No
syner has the note OF alarm been sounded by
the vide,te than. prckinE up their long ears the
whole hock hurry forward TO ascertain the nature
Of the approaching danger. and. having gazed
smomen, at the advancing hunter. helter-skcitcr
away they thunder. down craggy precipices and
hara laGa agile Loot
would dare TO follow them
Owing to the long continued hunting Of the
mountain zebra by hunters Of skill with arms
n, precision II has become well nigh extinct
save on A few ranges in the sou'h " Cspr Colony.
where II is preserved tY law. This IS ntotetI
NO loss 10 man from ne virWUpint 81 The breeder
inssmuch as the mountain zebra is for less tract
ntle and is much wilder 'hsn Burchell Zrhra.
Inc sprcies named af'cr The famous explorer who
trs' discovered IL, and now being used 20 furnish
The Sires for the serroids. Burchells zebra
while for some ume past used 10 harness with
horses In Souh Nr'ca for drawing coaches.
has No, lent i'sclt kindly 70 work alone or in pa-s
ltand The mountain ychra have 10Th. nevertheless
been broken "a saddle, but in such cases l. has
always been ne unexpected which was most likely
10 happen and they have proved poor dependence
for steady work Strange to say, Burchells
zebra do~s better work and becomes more trust
worthy In teams Of six, eight or more Of its own
Kind than when N smaller numbers or wh'n
horses form M iori'y Of the team. Yet. pe,haps
this is mo- So strang" when IL is remembered that
IN he wild state Il Is strictly g-"gariOus animal
finding In numbers 'ha' protection from hunting
man or preying lion which rsl life and environment,
Numbers il takes with it into domes'icaiinn
Burchell zebra is larger and stronger ha.
sars, Longer manr and a tail moe like that OF
the horse and is generally built on more robust
about twelve hands in height when full grown
is build hest suits IL Tor caring heavy burdens
and II appears 10 breed with mares with greater
certainty than othctS II is genus Wiring II
ins species from jphann"sh TranSvaal, in
1913, ha,old Stevens says Il met hero Mr. James
Zeedcsbc'S, who void M that his firm Two mon hs
ago bought eight half grown wild zrlras from
hunter who had cauGh, them by riding after
them and lassonG Them They have L., n trained
70 harness and are beng used in n coach The
Intention Is 10 buy NOR" and run them regularly
IN N. up;country coaches to and from Mash ma.
land, AMI tIiS Is rSp"C'sd Ia save hundreds rf
subject r to me dreaded scourcc called horse sick
can be obtained IT will no, be long tcfor" The
hybrid will be preferred TO the ordinary mule"
" Is this prophecy Of Mir Stevens that baron De
Pa'ana declares ne has already iuncd Win
his tebroids in Brazil
D.. y; B. Tese,Teicr in his most instructive
belief that great loss was suffered v hen the skin
hunters and whoe sale saycrs for the Sake Of mere
killing accomplished the practical determination
81 the quagga. which is now believed 10 have en-
irely disap cared wen from its safest haunts
Les than hall century ago II roamed in immense
herd over wide stretch Of country in South ,riCh
The level loHiands OF ape Colony being its IA
yori'e pasiureland The quegsa was not 20 dis
stules 81 the head and neck fading away behind
The shoulders and the barrel and headquarters
hing unmarked. In Burchelrs zebra on the
contrary, the lighter ground color and the almost
black STRIVES over the whole animal make IL the
most STRONGLY marked Of its genus. Il is inter.
.stilg to recall here, what is rerhans slready well
known that the striving in the zebra is a sDerirs
81 protective rmicrv. about which svoluiionists
have written $? much. These bars like those Of
'he ugcF, NJ their Wtarer with n most COMPLETE
disguise in regions where they arc most defence
l,ss and most easily surprised. While in the opcn
able to take care Of itself When il ventures into
fh, semi shade Of the sparse forests OF it's native
Silds becomes much easier matter for tho
detected and In such locality IL cannot 81 easily
rush away at b-eHkneck snerd. Then IL is that
its st-ines eyacv Duplicating the vertical shadows
We Jungle, maze II the most difficult Of all ami
mails 10 discover.
To return % the qrarga; Dr. Terc,meier holds
son oi greater docility and strength rSrrCially
n'Fn Joy domrs'icH'ipn; hut /, Is 10 he doubted II
any q We uncro,ssd species Of TIE genus would
ever become sufficiently dpmcstiCatcd 10 be a
bras' Of burden As hybrid PRODUCER Burrhelrs
yeora a,nc,-s according 20 Baron de Pnraua To
he about all that could be desired As the result,
ing krbroid takes its main characteristics from
The dam II Is only necessary to select mares ac
tsorhing to he results desired. Thus they may
he pred al viii for the saddle or for light or heavy
Ghu'h purposes csre beirc- taken 10 select mares
possessing the Qualities desired. AS size share
male offspring, 10 he inherited from the dam the
cfoSNnT 81 Burchrll's ynb-n with n Percheron
.nn Ito1nrrS large. rugged and very strong
wb'o q; while with a kentucky mare greater
reetness more trHc'ahlc diSrosi,ion and attrlb-
mes htinr the animal for carriage purT oses are
70 NJ looked Tor The bh-nu ,crOrs his zcb roids
Is more doi'e and rcn'c than the ordinary mule
lmcRrG softer nouthcd and free from n tendency
70 kck To b. sure, thcv sho" tendency TO lie
~ hfsi; bnt this they Sopl lh4rd1u when CON
Nnced thht they are n be- kindly treated They
&c remarkably sp'Ghtly, have extraordinary
muscular strength, aud are much less subject 10
o.rrScS n1d In cssic' ca ed TO- than the mule
ne value Of this discovery is apparent cspe.
na'Iy Iu't 1T This lime The horSr, esrccially in
MS most valuable breeds does not take kindly 10
We severely t'orcal climates being thee sub
r'' 10 many diseases unknown 10 colder climates
o. Is ne case also, with his white master r.
tlV full trHl II shall b. proved that the zebroid
Ninrnn" I ON most Of these diseases and practi.
saiY imwEinus 10 most tro- ical insect rests as
Of the world where now the use of the horse ia an
sSNGnslve and haznrdo,ls nndcrtnkinr In ihn