. Cyclopedia of farm animals. Domestic animals; Animal products. Fig. 427. Quagga {Equus quagga). islands of the Hebrides and in Connemara, Ireland. This hardy animal resembles closely some of the illustrations found in the cave of LaMouthe and may have been the progenitor of the numerous pony breeds. A second form is much larger, ovet fourteen hands high, also of a dun color, with large coarse head and thick limbs. This form is widely distributed over Europe and Asia. The most ancient horses of the Assyrians, Persians, Greeks and ancient Britons were of this type. It is also prob- able that t
. Cyclopedia of farm animals. Domestic animals; Animal products. Fig. 427. Quagga {Equus quagga). islands of the Hebrides and in Connemara, Ireland. This hardy animal resembles closely some of the illustrations found in the cave of LaMouthe and may have been the progenitor of the numerous pony breeds. A second form is much larger, ovet fourteen hands high, also of a dun color, with large coarse head and thick limbs. This form is widely distributed over Europe and Asia. The most ancient horses of the Assyrians, Persians, Greeks and ancient Britons were of this type. It is also prob- able that the horses of the ancient Chinese resembled very closely this unimproved horse. Still another distinct type seems to have existed in the south and later became the foundation stock of the beautiful horses of Persia, Arabia and the Barbary states in northern Africa. It now seems probable that it is principally to this form that we must look for the original stock of the modern Thoroughbred trotting horse, saddle horse and other races of speed horses. This ancient stock, so fruitful in ultimate results as exhibited by these highly improved blood horses, probably had its origin in the dry desert regions of northern Africa. The more modern representa- tive of this race is called the "Barb," and it is the horse that was principally employed in the im- provement of the English Thoroughbred,—a breed of such remarkable endurance, great speed and beautiful symmetry that it has been imported into. Fig. 428. Zebrul or zebroid. Cross of a Burchell zebra on Irish mare. (After Wallace.) every civilized country in the world, and has con- tributed to the founding of every important breed of light or speed horses in existence. A great variety of domesticated races, called breeds, have been developed from the wild forms described above. These various types may be classified as draft, coach, roadster, speed and saddle horses and ponies. The principal draft breeds in America are the Per
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