New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-08-16

men, with large, lance shaped anterior horn
three feet long, which is directed Obliquely for
ward and has been beautifully polished Be
hind this great horn is the short conical frontal
horn peculiar to the species.
If the public is surprised by the exhibit of
American rhnoceroses, however, there are still
other surprises awaiting it, In the adjoining
aIcove is a collection of the fossil remains of
native American horses, ranging from the most
primitive the little four tOed animal only six
teen inches high, to the skeleton of an animal
resembling in size and form the horse which the
automobile threatens with extinction. The lit
tie Protorhippus came from the Big Horn Noun
tains of Wyoming. After it found special
expeditions due to the generosity of William c.
Whitney greatly enriched the collection with
specimens from Texas Nebraska and Iowa.
They represent the Mesohippus, the HypOhippus
and the fully specialized native bred Equus
Scott, which, the scientists say, became extinct
before the discovery of America and the intro
ductiOn of the domestic horse from Europe. The
Mesohippus little animal with three toes. was
about five hands high and probably in the
direct line of the ancestry of the specialized
modern horse. The Hypohippus much
larger, was probably contemporaneOus with the
specialized practically single tOed horses of the
Upper Miocene period, but also had on each
foot three spreading toes which are supposed
to have been necessary to support its weight in
the marshes which it doubtless inhabited. This
collection contains facsimiles of all the types of
the American fossil horses. An exhibit of the
influences of evolution and human selection on
the domestic horse is in preparation for this
alcove Skulls, teeth, limbs and complete skele-
tons representing the extremes attained by
breeding in the draught horse, the racehorse
and the Shetland pony will be shown. a rear
ing horse mounted by S. H. Chubb will be the
astrological gem of this alcove. Paintings by
Charles Knight of wild horses, asses and zebras
and drawings by Okla and Yoshiwara, two Jap
anese artists, will be shown with the skeletons
The aIcoves on the north side of the hall, be-
ginning at the west end, may be passed with
out particularizing their contents The first is
devoted to the amblypoda, a group of interest
ing hoofed animals, including the Uinteatheres
and their ancestors. the Coryphodons. In a
small case at the entrance is a collection show
ing the three principal stages of the evolution
and a large collection of knights restorations
and models elucidates the story of the collec-
ton. The large skull found by Professor Cope
in 1873 at the summit of Haystack Mountain
in Wyoming is the choice feature of this
alcove An array of skulls bearing two pairs
Of horns and pair of tusks each is one of the
rare collections of the museum. In the coIlec-
ton of COryphodons is shown the small Pan
tolambda, said to be the oldest complete mount
ed mammal skeleton in existence
The second alcove and the third are devoted to
the five toed Ungulata and to Insectivore
rodents, primates or monkeys and other clawed
animals. A superb skeleton from the pampas
Of the Argentine Republic, recently mounted, is
posed to show the of the immense lancelike
teeth of the sabre toothed tiger (sinilodon).
The central alcove on the north side of the
hall, devoted to the Proboscidea of North Amer
lea, is full Of interest to the general public. The
fact that the elephant and his ancestors once
ranged the region of the present Highlands of