28 THE HORSE FA.^IILY. 



Stanton^ Cambridgeshire. This mare was foaled in 1882 and died 



in 1899, her sire being " Sir CoHn ^' and her dam " Williamson's 



Mettle. ""^ She was winner of a large number of first and 



champion prizes at various shows, and likewise took the gold 



medal at the London Shire Hoi'pe Show in 1890, 1891, and 



1892. 



-, ,,, .. (Ireat interest attaches to a mounted specimen of 



The Khatiawar ^ ^^, . _. ,^t u jin r vi, j 



a JJun Khatiawar rony (JN.H. 4) irom Anmed- 

 '■ nagar, India, exhibited in the case in the central arch 



on the north side of the hall, on account of the presence of a dark 

 dorsal stripe and of zebra-like markings on the legs, as well as of a 

 trace of a shoulder-stripe. The specimen was presented by the 

 Superintendant of the Veterinary Department, Bombay, in 1903. 

 Ponies of this breed are referred to by Darwin on account of dun- 

 coloured specimens (like the one exhibited) so frequently showing- 

 dark barrings on the legs. The breed has been regarded as 

 mainly derived from the Arab, and very probably it may have been 

 crossed with the latter. In general colouring, and especially in 

 the presence of a dark stripe down the back, as well as in the large 

 size of the head and relatively low setting-on of tlie tail, which is 

 sparsely haired at the root, where some of the hairs are tan- 

 coloured, dun-coloured individuals are, however, much more like 

 the Dun Norwegian Pony and the Wild Mongolian Horse. 

 Arabs apparently never show a dark dorsal streak, which is 

 essentially a character of the dun northern type. Unfortunately 

 no specimen of the skull is at present available for a comparison of 

 the cheek-teeth with those of the Wild Mongolian Hjrse. 



TL ftL- 1 ! The nearest livins; relative of the Horse is the Central 

 The Chigetai , . "^ , , , r^, ^ i 



Asian species represented by the Chigetai or the 

 ^' Mongols and the Kiang of the Ladakis ; these being 

 apparently local races of a single species, Equus hemioims. These 

 animals are commonly termed Wild Asses, although they have no 

 near relationship to the true W^ild Asses [Equus asinus) of Africa. 

 Like all the undermentioned members of the family, the species 

 differs from the Horse by the absence of callosities on the hind- 

 limbs, and the large size and less warty nature of the front 

 callosities ; as well as by the tail having long hairs only near the tip. 



