The Arab Horse 



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horse just fills a square, and ke has one less vertebrae m the 

 back-twenty-tlu-ee instead of the twenty-four connnon to all 

 other horses, even those so closely bred to the Arab as the f l,or- 



In the evolution of the horse we find, as we go from the ea.lv 



a„d lower types to the later and higher types, this course ot eyo- 



,tion is in L elimination of the extra toes and the shortening 



Fifi. 7. Three-Year-Old, Ctboeo, Bred by A^-ITA :\I. BAi.omx, 

 Santa Anita, Cal. 



of the back bv reducing the number of vertebrae, until we arrive 

 at the highest type the Aral) with only twenty-three vertebrae m 

 the back. 



CAPACITY 



The relation of proportion and anatomical detail to capacity 

 has alwavs been recognized by the trained eye of men who have 

 lived ^vith horses, but reducing it to mathematical terms is yet to 

 be accomplished. The research which T have made along these 

 lines has been only sufficient to disclose the largeness ot the held 

 that must be cultivated by those who wish to work therein. 



