THE BREEDS OF HORSES 



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developed here, however, we do not know unless from those 

 brought here from Europe by Columbus and the early 

 explorers. 



How human beings came to use the horse, we do not 

 It is thought that man first used wild ones for food, 



Fig. 7. A wild pony captured in central Asia, owned by the New York Zoo- 

 logical Park. Photograph by courtesy Dr. W. T. Hornaday, Director. 



and later for carrying burdens. We have some forms of 

 ponies at the present time that are supposed to be closely 

 related in appearance to the more recent prehistoric horse. 

 Some years ago in central Asia, true wild horses of pony size 



