THE AMERICAN MUSEUM JOURNAL 



The three types selected to show the varieties of the domesti- 

 cated Horse are, the largest 

 and most powerful form, 

 the Percheron or draught 

 horse, the Shetland pony to 

 show the smallest and least 

 powerful form, and the race 

 horse to show the swiftest 

 form. Of these the draught 

 horse has been finished, the 

 Shetland pony is now in 

 preparation, and Mr. Whit- 

 ney is interesting himself in 

 the selection of a suitable 

 skeleton of a race horse. 



The Percheron horse, the 

 skeleton of which has been 

 prepared to show the 

 draught horse type, was 

 presented by Mr. George 

 Ehret. In life the animal 

 w^eighed 2160 lbs., and was 

 5 it. 6^ inches in height at 

 the withers. Preparatory 

 to the mounting, Mr. S. H. 

 Chubb, who has had entire 

 charge of the preparation 

 of this series under the di- 

 rection of Professor Osborn, 

 took a large series of photo- 

 graphs of the side, front 

 and rear views of similar 

 horses hauling heavy loads, 

 in order to ascertain as 

 nearly as possible the posi- 

 tion of every part of the 

 skeleton when the animal is draught horse— view from above and behind 



