The Horse, as Comrade and Friend 



when the foal's coat is cast, and the new coat 

 comes on, they are not there at all. You may 

 see one or more dark lines running parallel 

 along the spine from mane to tail, with strongly- 

 marked, cloudy patches on the wither branch- 

 ing off into rays on the shoulders and ribs. 

 Look for cross stripings on the inside and out- 

 side of the knees and hocks, the forearms and 

 near the pasterns, and on the thighs and hind 

 pasterns. You may see rays on the neck 

 and chest, and on the ears. But the most 

 striking of all, when well developed, are the 

 concentric semi-circular markings on the fore- 

 head, and the stripes on the cheeks running 

 down to near the nose. The arrangements 

 of the markings show considerable variation 

 on the back, loins and body ; but on the head, 

 neck, withers and legs they closely follow the 

 striping of the zebra, and prove most con- 

 clusively that right away towards the dawn of 

 equine life the horse and zebra had common 

 ancestors. It often happens in bright bays 

 and chestnuts that dark marks are absent, 

 but the striping is shown by wave hnes in the 

 hair. On the forehead this is particularly 

 noticeable.* Sometimes a wave-Hne in the 



*In Toluca, near Mexico City, the writer in 1908 saw and 

 photographed a red dun pony on which were most prominent 

 zebra markings in white, or rather very light yellow. The 

 film spool containing the pictures was, with several other 

 gpools containing photographs of remarkable striped ponies, 



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