. The horse and its relatives . Fig. I. Back view of fore (A) and hind (B) cannon and splint bones of Shire 2. Front view of the bones of the left fore (A) and hind (B) feet of the extinctThree-toed American JMiohipptis anceps. (g natural size.) POSITION AND STRUCTURE OF HORSE 15 limb-bones are exhibited in the Natural History-branch of the British Museum. The figure of the bones of the feet of an extinctthree-toed horse is placed alongside that of thecannon-bones of the shire horse in order to showhow the splint-bones and rudimentary toe-bonesof the latter correspond with the same
. The horse and its relatives . Fig. I. Back view of fore (A) and hind (B) cannon and splint bones of Shire 2. Front view of the bones of the left fore (A) and hind (B) feet of the extinctThree-toed American JMiohipptis anceps. (g natural size.) POSITION AND STRUCTURE OF HORSE 15 limb-bones are exhibited in the Natural History-branch of the British Museum. The figure of the bones of the feet of an extinctthree-toed horse is placed alongside that of thecannon-bones of the shire horse in order to showhow the splint-bones and rudimentary toe-bonesof the latter correspond with the same bones ina more fully developed condition in the former. So far as can be ascertained, the splint-bonesof the horse and its existing relatives are of no useto their owners, although there is just a possibilitythat they may be of some slight service in mitigat-ing shock. On the other hand, in domesticatedhorses they are frequently harmful, since, throughinflammation and subsequent exostosis, they giverise to the disease known as
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