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STUDIES IN THE EVOLUTION OF ANIMALS 



the size of the Shetland and Hungarian Ponies, and that these 

 appear to be more nearly related to the original Horse, while 

 the larger and more artificial breeds, like our breeds of Pigeons, 

 Dogs, etc., are further removed from the original wild stock. 



At the Whit Monday Cart-horse Show, I saw a dark-bay Horse 

 with brindling on part of his flank, not unlike that of a brindled 

 Dog. 



FIG. 47. Partially striped Pony of a dun colour. 1 



In this connection we should remember that, when the Zebra 

 is crossed with the Ass, the striping, where it occurs, as is seen 

 in the Natural History Museum, is not a Zebra banding, but a 

 brindling, not unlike that of the Dog. (See Nos. 30 and 31, 

 Appendix A.) 



Then in dappled omnibus Horses, along their spine, I have 



1 A somewhat similar one is pictured on p. 322 of Study of Animal Life, by J. A. 

 Thomson, referred to further on. 



