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FARMER'S CYCLOPEDIA OF LIVE STOCK 



■DAN PATCH, THE WORLD RENOWNED PACER, READY FOR THE TRACK 

 (By courtesy M. W. Savage) 



According to recent studies by Ridge- 

 way on the origin of horsc<=, the horses of 

 northern Europe and Asia were dun or 

 white, thick-set and slow of action. The 

 Celtic pony was of lighter build, more 

 elegant form and more active. Appar- 

 ently the heavy horses of northern Eu- 

 rope and Asia made their way southward 

 across the central mountains of the con- 



tinent, coming to Babylonia, Palestine 

 and Greece about 1500 B. C. About the 

 same time a bay breed of horses appeared 

 in northern Africa and attracted atten- 

 tion on account of its elegance and great 

 speed. It bore a star in the forehead as 

 another distinguishing mark. This 

 horse was the ancestor of the Arabs and 

 thoroughbreds of the present day. Ac- 



Fig. 5- 



-TYPICAL AMERICAN ROADSTER AND RIG IN MODERN USE 

 (By courtesy Rider and Driver) 



