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THE PENYCniK EXPERIMENTS. 



nearly thirteen hands high ; that he is beautifully marked, 

 and in his form and movements suggests a horse far more 

 than either of the mountain zebras ; further, his action 

 when trotting is even more perfect than that of his stable 

 companion the high-class Arab horse Benazrek. 



Mulatto (Fig. 2), the dam of Romulus, is a West High- 

 land pony, thirteen hands (52 inches) high. Lord Arthur 

 Cecil, who has taken a lively interest in the investiga- 



FiG. 2 



Mulatto, 

 tions from the outset, first intended sending a couple of 

 New Forest ponies. After further consideration he, for 

 various reasons, selected Mulatto; this has proved a 

 fortunate selection. Apart from the all-important fact 

 that Mulatto has produced a foal to the zebra, she is in 

 many ways pre-eminently suitable for the experiments in 

 hand. From information kindly supplied by his lordship 

 It appears that the breed to which her sire belongs has 

 been for many years all but completely isolated on the 



