THE AMERICAN MUSEUM JOURNAL 



DRAUGHT HORSE— SIDE VIEW 



THE DRAUGHT HORSE IN ACTION. 



|]HE latest addition to the alcove exhibiting the 

 evolution of the Horse, as the gift of Mr. William 

 C. Whitney, is a mounted skeleton which repre- 

 sents a draught horse in action. 



In the general plan of preparation for this 

 alcove the Curator, Professor Osborn, designed two series: the 

 first, of fossil horses, and of the wild horses, asses and zebras so 

 far as they can be secured, to show the evolution of the Horse in 

 a state of nature ; the second, of the domesticated horses, show- 

 ing the modification of the skeleton as brought about by the 

 artificial selection of man. This double set will give a number 

 of comparisons and contrasts of the most interesting character, 

 for it will demonstrate that natural selection has been quite as 

 effective as artificial selection in producing great extremes of 

 structure. 



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