52 HOOFED ANIMALS 



inches may fairly be considered large. The female has no 

 horns. 



The colors of this animal are usually two, consisting of a 

 cloak of light yellowish-brown thrown over the back and neck 

 of an otherwise white animal.. On the throat the brown is 

 laid on in a curious collar-like pattern, and the adult males 

 usually have a wash of black on their cheeks. The ears are 

 very shapely, and from the neck an erect mane rises from 4 

 to 5 inches in length. The legs are exceedingly trim and 

 delicately formed, and the erect horns and high pose of the 

 head give the animal a very jaunty appearance. 



In running it has three very distinct gaits. When fleeing 

 from danger, it carries its head low, like a running sheep, and 

 gallops by long leaps; when showing off, it holds its head as 

 high as possible, and trots forward with stiff legs and long 

 strides, like German soldiers doing the goose-step. Occa- 

 sionally, it gallops with high head, by stiff-legged leaps, like 

 the mule deer. 



In captivity the Prong-Horn is always affectionate, trust- 

 ful and very fond of being noticed; but the bucks soon be- 

 came too playful with their sharp horns, and push their human 

 friends about until the play becomes more dangerous than 

 amusing. They readily come at call, and at times become 

 very playful with each other. They cannot live on the rich, 

 green grasses of the country east of the Great Plains, and are 

 very difficult to keep in captivity. At the New York Zoo- 

 logical Park it has been found that they survive and breed 

 only when kept in a paved corral, and fed on rolled oats, 

 clover hay and a very limited amount of fresh grass. Those 



