. Cyclopedia of farm animals. Domestic animals; Animal products. 420 HORSE HORSE success attained in breeding it by Professor Ewart, of Pencuik, Midlothian, Scotland. The zebroid is strong and can be broken to harness and to saddle. The domesticated horse.—The value of the horse as a powerful aid to man in his conquest of the. Fig. 426. Zebra (Ei/itus zebra). earth did not at first appeal to primitive man. It appears that the horse was first used for food. He was later driven, then ridden, and lastly employed as a beast of burden. The first authentic evidence of the use of the horse by man was
. Cyclopedia of farm animals. Domestic animals; Animal products. 420 HORSE HORSE success attained in breeding it by Professor Ewart, of Pencuik, Midlothian, Scotland. The zebroid is strong and can be broken to harness and to saddle. The domesticated horse.—The value of the horse as a powerful aid to man in his conquest of the. Fig. 426. Zebra (Ei/itus zebra). earth did not at first appeal to primitive man. It appears that the horse was first used for food. He was later driven, then ridden, and lastly employed as a beast of burden. The first authentic evidence of the use of the horse by man was discovered in the cave of La Mouthe in France. In this cave, among the inter- esting relics of the stone age are drawings which represent the horse as varying somewhat in size and character but resembling closely the present wild forms. From other sources it seems certain that there existed a larger type in the south of Europe and a much smaller form in the north. The progenitors of our present horse can not always be clearly traced. According to Ewart, Ridgeway, Osborn and others there may have been several distinct wild forms directly preceding the modern horse. Ewart has described the Celtic pony, a small dun-colored horse found in the. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Bailey, L. H. (Liberty Hyde), 1858-1954, ed. New York, Macmillan
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