The skeleton of "Nimr" was presented by Mr. Randolph Hunting- 

 ton, Oyster Bay, L. I., February, 1904, and mounted by Mr. S. H. 

 Chubb in 1906. "Nimr" was a pure-bred Arabian staUion, sired by 

 the desert-bred Arabian "Kismet," a horse celebrated for an unbroken 

 record of victories as a race horse in India. The skeleton of " Kismet' ' 

 was preserved for some time by a New York veterinarian but was 

 unfortunately destroyed. 



In the skeleton of the Arab both the head and tail are carried high 

 when the animal is animated, and in this mount of "Nimr" all the 

 special Arab characters may be observed as follows: 



1. Skull short, but broad between the eye sockets. 



2. Eye sockets high and prominent, giving the e.ycs a wide range 

 of vision. 



3. Facial ])rofile, or forehead, concave. 



4. Jaw slender in front, deep and wide set above the throat. 



5. Round-ribbed chest, short back with only five [ribless or] lumbar 

 vertebra", well "ribbed up." 



6. A liorizontally placed pelvis (a speed character) and a very 

 high tail region, with few tail vertebrae. 



7. A complete shaft of the ulna, or small bone of the forearm. 



8. Long and slender cannon bones, and long, sloi)ing pasterns. 



THE REARING HORSE IN COMPARISON AYITH 

 THE SKELETON OF MAN 



The "l^reaking of the horse" by man about 15,000 years ago was 

 a turning point in human history, and the adoption of the horse as a 

 means of transportation, as an aid in agriculture, and as a fighting 

 animal in war, have been factors of the greatest importance in the 

 evolution of the human race. 



Tliis splendid mount is ])art of the gift of the late William C. Whitney. 

 The mount is faithfully worked out from instantaneous photographs, 



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