The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-02-21
The ANCESTRAL DUN HORSE,
30 PER CENT. or MODERN HORSES
ms Descendants.

Horse Of the Russian Steppes Sole SUR
NNor Of the Nlld IInrses-A Breed
Dead Bodies Can't scare-Celtic Pony
Il newly Discovered New species,
The series Of Morris h. Jesup lectures
on the evolution OF the horse, "A subject
that increased in popularity as the course
progressed. was concluded with the sixth
lecture last night by Prof Henry +. Osborn
at the Museum of Natural History From
the remotely prehistoric horse, Prof. Osborn
brought his lectures up to the present
time. concluding with the thoroughbreds
and their Characteristic points.
The PrzewaisN morse Ol the Roman
steppcs, said the lecturer. has lost its
ancestral stripping because II has more
need Of monotonous color II IL very
low bred "a Won ser from these prints.
The hair has not yet reached to the top Of
the tail, il becOmes woolly In winter; u
has badly formed quarters and head and
obliquely pointed ears. 1T name j. mp
right and it lacks forelock. It's under
lip projects and IT. ewes ara spt so far hack
that II has only muscular vision. IFS tenn
perBmcut II, not bad. But 1t cannot Jump;
il butts and pushes. This IL the sole sur
viyor Of the wild horses Of the world
Prof. Osborn then touched an equine
phy-iognomy. remarkinE that. there Ia a
Greek and Roman type of face and nose In
the horse a. in man.
The striped dun he went on, is the
original species Of % per cent. Of the horses
YOU see m the street The Monaghan
ponier are Of this type They have well
developed names for protection against
the inclemenCy Of the weather and they
are hardy and docile from this stock
comes the ordinary cart horse. The Car
ron breed. to-day used - Highlanders TO
carry game comes of this stock. ms
horse has been carrying game for perhaps
1900 years past, and he doesn't shy at q
carcass.
Right in the Britain isles has been re
Gently discovered az a new species the Celtic
pony This Is a finely built anin4i with an
Ardblike head, eyes 20 the fore, well
shaped muzzle and q well 80 tail the chest
nuts are reduced or entirely missing and
the wolf teeth are absent. The mares arc
fertile only with stations that have some
Celtic blood in them. The shetland pony
does not belong to this breed, it is a true
The Celtic ponys name falls half one
way half the other way; It has beard.
and sort of umbrella of hair over the top
81 the tail which in storms 1t turns toward
the weather side.
As to the superior or so-caled Arabian
horse, its wild ancestors are not known.
IL Is not really Arabian but Libyan. The
Arabs acquired it by conquest. From
f4ibya il was distributed by horse traders
All over ASH blluDI. foplOihols says
Prof Ridgeway, "knew where the good
horses were and he did a rearing horse
trade
Inc points to be noted about this SUI
perior horse are its high neck, beautiful
profile, tapering muzzle, the high Pc siti on
of the eyes it's long pointed ear, high Group
and the high carriage Of it's tail. When
superior horse gullops away he always
raises his tail IL has long pastern joints.
no ergots and reduced chestnuts, The
most natural color is the bay, the white
has been developed in connection with
M)Slem religious ceremonies.
Pretty Polly, the fastest English
thoroughbred, has departed considerably
by the agency of human selection from
the Arab or lihyan type But Arab blood
is in it, foundation. The curvature OF this
fast horses neck has disappeared, but
its glossy coat, unchanged in winter, re-
mains.
with regard to the horses influence
on civilization it is recorded for instance,
that a certain Chinese Emperor sent a
General to find the divinet or superior
horse and bring him home. On his travels
that General came in contact with Greek
civilization, which WAS the first intima-
ton China had of any other civilization
existing but its own. Many historical moot
points may be cleared up by a study of the
history OF the horse in early times.