EN 



Charles Josselyn 



ORIGIN OF THE HORSE 



There Is on record no more perfect 



example of fvointi'.M than the horse, 



r the able direction of Pro- 



orn. the 



' Mif-r- 



ican ' ftural History, the 



i brought to- 

 geth. 



that the rompleio 



anr< 



i ving nor >r all 



to tr 



know, originated in 

 ; the 



1-ig cr^atu 

 rt 



rler, with five toes on feet adapted to 

 the soft, springy ground of the for- 

 fsts. AS the wf-oded area began to 

 ase in extent, the horse per- 

 changed his habits, becoming 

 more and more a plains-living ani- 

 mal dependent upon speed to protect 

 him from enemies. Since his five- 



were not adapted for swift 

 running on hard ground, the middle 

 toe gradually developed the hoof, and 

 digits disappeared, except 

 for the so-called "splint-bones" in 

 horses as we know them today. The 

 ei that forced the evolution of 

 hor.-o are in certain respects 

 Minilar to those that we see ef fee- 

 in human evolution. Roy Chap- 

 man Andrews in Asia Magazine for 





