4 HORSE AND MAN. 



Most people know that the ' Derby ' is intended 

 for three-year-old animals, although a French 

 writer does tell us that a certain horse won the 

 Derby three times successively. Among the horses 

 which were entered was one called ' Banning Rein.' 

 For that animal, a four-year old horse called ' Mac- 

 cabeus ' was substituted under the same name, and 

 w^on the race. The fraud, however, was discovered, 

 and great scandal arose in consequence. The result 

 was that ' Maccabeus ' was disqualified, and the race 

 was awarded to ' Orlando,' who ran second. (Paren- 

 thetically I take the opportunity of wishing that 

 two years could be added to the age, a mile to the 

 course, and considerable addition made to the weight.) 



The skeleton is in the Museum of the Royal 

 College of Surgeons, and, like many other figures in 

 this work, was drawn by the kind permission of Pro- 

 fessor W. H. Flower, of the British Museum, who 

 was then curator of the wonderful museum in Lin- 

 coln's Inn Fields, and to whom I return most cordial 

 thanks for his kindly assistance. 



We will first take a general survey of the skeleton, 

 and then review each part in detail. 



I shall in the course of this work avoid as far 

 as possible the use of purely scientific language. It 

 is not written for pupils of the Royal Veterinary 

 College, nor for persons skilled in comparative 



