12 DEVELOPMENT OF THE MODERN HORSE 



" control over the beasts of the field," animals of this family had be- 

 come very numerous and existed in great variety. Not only is the 

 chain of evolution very complete between the little five-toed eohip- 

 pus and the domestic horse, but there were other forms in profu- 

 sion, some of which were of great size. Fossil skulls of one-half 

 greater size than those of our great draft horses have been found, 

 belonging to members of the group in former times, of great strength, 

 but probably not yet developed in powers of locomotion as their 

 present relatives. Those best acquainted with the subject agree 

 that this family was at one time far more numerous and varied than 

 at present. 



Classification of Improved Domestic Breeds of Horses 



For convenience in study horses have been grouped by com- 

 mon consent into saddle, trotting, coach, draft, and pony breeds, as 



follows : 



C Arabian and Barbary. 



Saddle J English Thoroughbred. 



(^ American Saddler. 



T, ( American Trotter. 



^""■"8 I o-loff Trotter. 



French Coach, 



German Coach. 



Cleveland Bay. 



Hackney. 



Percheron and French Draft. 



Belgian. 

 Draft ( Clydesdale. 



English Shire. 



Suffolk Punch. 



Shetland. 

 Pony ^ Welsh. 



Mustang and Broncho. 



The general make-up of a saddle or trotting horse is long, slen- 



' ' Bickmore 's Gall Cure is all O. K. It cures while the horse is wording. 



C. H. Pearson, Los AlamoSt Cal. '* 



