The century dictionary and cyclopedia, a work of universal reference in all departments of knowledge with a new atlas of the world . are unknown. Animals congeneric with the presenthorse, if not conspecitic, have left their remains with thoseof the mammoth and other extinct animals in the bone-caves of both the old and new worlds, but the genusEquu3 appears not to have been fully established beforethe close of the riioceue. The evolution of the modernforms has been traced back through the whole Tertiaryperiod, by the discovery of such genera as Hi^parion andPliohippuK of the Pliocene, Anehithe
The century dictionary and cyclopedia, a work of universal reference in all departments of knowledge with a new atlas of the world . are unknown. Animals congeneric with the presenthorse, if not conspecitic, have left their remains with thoseof the mammoth and other extinct animals in the bone-caves of both the old and new worlds, but the genusEquu3 appears not to have been fully established beforethe close of the riioceue. The evolution of the modernforms has been traced back through the whole Tertiaryperiod, by the discovery of such genera as Hi^parion andPliohippuK of the Pliocene, Anehitherium, Miohippus, andMesohippus of the Miocene, and Orohippus and Eohippus ofthe Eocene. In the course of this evolutionary series isobserved a very gradual and unbroken geologic pedigree,going back to a small animal, not larger than a fox, withseveral separate toes on each foot. The size has steadilyincreased, and other progressive modifications, especiallyof the limbs, have resulted in the existing horse in allits numberless artificial breeds, races, and strains, com-bining in various degrees the qualities of size, , muzzle; *, pullet; c, crest; (/.withers; f, chest; y, loins; ^j^,girth ; A,hip or lUum ; t, croup; *, haunch or quarters; /, thigh ; ?n,hock ; «, shank or cannon ; o. fetlock ; /. pastern ; ^, shoulder-boneor scapula ; r, elliow ; s. fore thigh, or ann ; /*. knee ; le, coronet; ?,hoof; 7i, point of hock ; x, hamstring ; zz, height. speed, and bottom. Two breeds —namely, the large,powerful, black breed of Flanders, and the Arabian —have contributed more than all others to develop thepresent varieties. The former laid the foundation of size,strength, and vigor for draft-horses and for those former-ly used in war; while, when mailed armor wa§ laid aside,and the horse began to be used for the chase, the latterconferred the speed and endurance which distinguish thehunter. Tlie ladies palfrey is largely derived from theSpanish genet, a small, bea
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