PRJEVALSKY'S HORSE. 



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they invariably prefer to travel on the tracks which were 

 previously made by other horses, than to select their own 

 line. The supposed untamedness of Prjevalsky's horse 

 has been disproved to some extent by P. K. Kozlov, and 

 would not be accepted as a fact by any capable horse- 

 breaker, without practical proof ; although the animal, in 

 all probabihty, is much more difficult to break in than an 

 ordinary horse. 



Photohy] [M. H. H. 



Fig. 60S. — Professor Ewart's 



yearling Prjevalsl<y's horse 



in summer coat. 



Photo it] [M. H. n. 



Fig. 609. — Professor Ewart's yearling Prjevalsky's 



horse in summer coat. 



General conformation. — The usual height of Prjevalsky's 

 horse is from 12 to 13 hands. He is a httle taller at 

 the croup than at the withers, and the length of his body 

 is about equal to his height at the withers. Salensky 

 states that the head is relatively larger than that of any 

 other member of the horse family, and that the pro- 

 portion which its length bears to that of the body, is 

 about I to 2.21. Professor Ewart tells me that this pro- 



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