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markedly from all other breeds. Specially char- 

 acterised by their slender limbs and free, graceful 

 carriage, they vary in colour from dark to light 

 brown, and have short, thick, and arched necks, 

 with thick, upright manes, which are often clipped. 



The delicate head, with backwardly directed 

 ears, is distinctly Roman-nosed, and when the 

 animal is galloping, is carried sharply bent against 

 the short neck. In this respect the Majorca breed 

 differs markedly from Algerian and Andalucian 

 horses, which carry their heads stretched out 

 straight, nearly in the line of the neck. Dr. Keller 

 compares the Majorca horses to those depicted on 

 ancient vases and Greek coins, and believes the 

 former to be the survivor of the ancient type. 



This identification, if trustworthy, is of great 

 interest, as it serves to indicate that the hog-manes 

 of the early Grecian horses, like those sculptured 

 on the frieze of the Parthenon,^ were natural, 

 although, as in the case of the Majorca breed, im- 

 proved by trimming. This seems to be indicative 

 of the affinity of both breeds to the wild tarpan ; 

 and affords further evidence that the falling manes 

 of modern horses (other than the Arab) are due to 

 domestication. 



Of the heavy horses of France, perhaps the 

 most famous is the Percheron breed (pi. xiii. fig. i), 



^ See the cut on p. 297 of Ridgeway's Origin of the Thoroughbred 

 Horse. 



