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Bones of this animal have been found with those of the wolf, 
and other species, in the Heathery-burn Cave, near Stanhope. 
OrvEer II. PERISSODACTYLA, Owen. 
Tripg I. SOLIDUNGULA, Ray. 
Famity I. EQUIDZ, 
I. EQUUS, Linn. 
1. E. casauius, Linn. Horse. 
Although our district is not so famous as many for the breeding 
of horses, the southern portion of the county of Durham shares 
with the opposite banks of the Tees the credit of producing the 
valuable Cleveland breed, from which so many of the best carriage 
horses are derived. 
Racing has had many ardent disciples among the nobility and 
gentry of the two counties, and many famous horses have illus- 
trated their studs. We cannot pretend to enter at length into 
this branch of the subject, but many familiar names will at once 
occur to the reader, and the enormous gatherings which the Race . 
Course at Newcastle annually sees assembled bear testimony to 
the great popularity of the sport amony all classes. 
The great number and value of the horses employed under- 
ground in our collieries is an interesting and peculiar“feature of 
our district; and the excellent condition of these, is not only 
creditable to the men who have charge of them, but appears to 
show that this unnatural mode of life is not in any way detri- 
mental to the animals themselves. 
Il. ASINUS, Gray. 
1. A. vunearis, Gray. Ass. Donkey. Cuppy (Loc. name). 
Equus Asinus, Linn. 
Plentiful throughout the district. 
Although Hollinshed states that there were none of this useful 
animal in England in the reign of Queen Elizabeth, it is quite 
certain that this was, if correct, an exceptional event, for the 
ass was introduced into this country at least as early as the 
reign of Ethelred. 
