CHAPTER XXVIII 

 TYPES AND BREEDS OF HORSES 



277. Prehistoric Horses. The skeletons of horses 

 existing in prehistoric times, ages and ages ago, are 

 found in western North America, from Texas to British 

 Columbia, also in England and France. Some of these 

 early horses had toes. The little horny thickenings of 



Fig. 134. Prehistoric horses. To show increase in size. A and B, Early forms; 

 C, a later and larger form, about four and one-half hands high; D, the 

 "forest horse." Drawings constructed from a study of the geologic 

 remains, by Professor Osborne 



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