New-York tribune., 1908-11-08
STORY OF THE HORSE
Told ia Bones and Fossils and q,
FIJI Reproductions.

tory viii show their PAGES under glass
some Of them viii deserve. If they do ~.
blue ribbons. What steed could be more s,..s
10 a prize than the four toed dawn bor,o.
frisked about the Western plains three IN
years ago and was the Adam Of the e.,
race2 What judge could overlook the -
Of Mesohippus. which began to negotiate =
tory on three toes. and OF ProtohipDus ,L.
first walked on his one toe that had 90,
into a hoofz Then. to complete the series -
is the Iordly Sysonby. the modern thor y
bred. gaIIopins as he did when b. won =
stakes for James r Keene
But they're not alive, you can't Uet tn
Why, they're just skeletons
The discerning visitor. however. can get e,o..
thrills out Of the quiet show. even v.ithont -
noting Imagination with the color rae-o,s,..-
Of Charles r. knight The bones teH a sta-v
profound interest They reveal points" ~ ....
and endurance, they indicate climate and ~
itat They proclaim that Eoh.rpls was mr.
ably spotted and dweIt amid H.o-01r yegeta-f,-
and that Nechipparion % the Dakota, ~
1ceter than any modern raceharsa Hair. bs
ard flesh are sUperfiUous details To the ses
tific horse lover The bones reveal evervrhi,
worth knowing. Look at that -u.zlrs s2aIe-
stTaIning forward with firmly planted Loofg Al
a Curved backbone Transmitting The push Fri.
the right thigh % the cora-5ore- Any one ca- .
tell that that was a truck horse-v.-. "a brs
cry horse-TuIlius q heavy load The e-aess
Sysouhy cuts a different figure. Ha is fv
through the air His r-l- <a~erlot has
left the ground and his spinal column is c..-v
TO the right in rhythu-.e alienation. 10 e
$3.50 to groom Sy=7utg -a- his exhibition
speed in the Ecn- horse show When the s-
nal died in 1886 s H. Clg-H. Che as-a logs
who has revoLuticH.zet the mounting at skss
tons. made plaster casts Of his remains and
gan T. study raceLor-.~ ia action.
1Ir. Chul5 established a private race-z
behind the American Museum. and sitting e.
b5'sun's chair fifty feet above the TRACK u
snapshots of an ex-racar driven at t.I s5
across and u1L-~1ea-H his post The camera
an exposure Of ole-rhouzaEGtE of "a ----
caught spinal movements never before .a--.v.
Many other pictures were taken. Including
periIous full front when the operator. s-als.-
in the middle af tha track was brushed bg O.
~..e-vias animal no "a hard ea-.ar
The audience at the Show eaz-- a- -ae t-ze
remains of Eehlppu= and secs thar taa 4aees.
Of all horses Was about foot high The size
a small dog. Hs@ iaeonv-Li.H- for man. o1
man did not exist at that ti2e even .r a q
spectacle simiaE shape. The frtlr. ..a.1--
of Eohiapus-s children was perhaps just I.a---
10 climb trees II IS natural for spectators
err in such details When Prince Fus .nl
japan visited the museum and Curator .sHa-
offered him model Of -he dawn horse ae q
Piled His majesty. I know. viii p most l.aasa
TO accept this gift of The model Of cn- .r.-.z
American horse. and when he sees a.ac ,t
Americans have done by careful breeding al
culture Of the animal I ann sure his majesty ST.
be very much encoUras-d-
After the lapse Of a few hundred tl.Iss-
years arrived Mesohippus. not much larger tha
Eohippus but with three toes and The nail r
the middle toe rounding into a knob More
less soon came ProtohippUs. three feet high sr-
with shrunken side toes not touching I'll
ground. and then Neohipparion- forty .nc5s
high and with d=erIike limbs. Finally. E71c
Scott nearly FIVE feet high, "a perfect maJ--
horse with no trace # side toes. Why did ,.
side toes disappear and the middle 90, H--o-
a hOofs Lock across the aisle al the s--.---
OF crouching monster. the sabre tooth tig-
compared with which the modern tiger is aIne
a pussy cat The hoof meant speed and th1s
animals which did not develop il contributed
the banquet Of the sabre tooth.
The bony horse show has an interesting s.
lection Of teeth which tells how the sar
browsing moIars developed into a grazing 6,
terry IF long grinders requiring a heavy skull
contain them The horse does not need sa -7r.
room for his brains. in fact. there aye vaa-
spaces in his upper story So as To- tighten II
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