The Horse : its treatment in health and disease, with a complete guide to breeding, training and management . MR. ARMOURS THAM OF DAPPLHU GREYS ? -i m. DAPPLED GREY GELDING The piopuity of Messrs. S. Allsopp & Sons Photo, by F. SKIN MARKINGS AND CALLOSITIES OF THE HORSE 499 the light spots are singularly suggestive of the plates on the carapace ofa large armadillo. In fact, the markings are exactly what would beexpected to remain if the armour-plates became loose and ultimately felloff, leaving on the skin only the impression of their outlines. No proof of such a change having taken p
The Horse : its treatment in health and disease, with a complete guide to breeding, training and management . MR. ARMOURS THAM OF DAPPLHU GREYS ? -i m. DAPPLED GREY GELDING The piopuity of Messrs. S. Allsopp & Sons Photo, by F. SKIN MARKINGS AND CALLOSITIES OF THE HORSE 499 the light spots are singularly suggestive of the plates on the carapace ofa large armadillo. In fact, the markings are exactly what would beexpected to remain if the armour-plates became loose and ultimately felloff, leaving on the skin only the impression of their outlines. No proof of such a change having taken place in the course of ages canbe offered, probably none exists, but it may at least be urged that therewould be nothing very remarkable in the change, given that the doctrineof evolution is true. On this point Dr. Bonavia remarks that it would beas idle to suppose that the bony plates of the armadillo, the hide plates ofthe rhinoceros, and the picture plate of the horse are all so like each otherby mere accident, as it would be to suggest that the seven cervical vertebraeor neck bones, which they possess in common, came to them by chance. Ma
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