LESSON THIRTEEN 
BREEDS OF HORSES 
1. Ancestry.—Recently unearthed skeletons reveal the 
fact that at one time horses lived in North America as 
well as Europe and Asia. When America was discovered 
no horses were in existence here. It is from the vast high- 
lands of northern Asia, where the tempests rage and man 
can scarcely live, that the ancestral modern horse has 
come. At first they were sought for food; then subse- 
quently they were captured alive and herded in inclosures 
like cattle, where they were trained for either riding or 
draft. Mare’s milk is now, but was more so in the past, 
prized as food. lt is greatly esteemed as cheese or whey 
among the Tartars. 
Wild horses have always been terrorized by wild beasts. They 
early learned to perceive at great distance their natural enemies. 
On approach of such their quick ears pricked, a short neigh sounded, 
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Here are pictured three wild horses of Central Asia. It is believed that in this 
region the only genuine wild horses are now to be found. In a wild state these 
animals are timid and difficult to approach, but when confined they gradually as- 
sume the confidence of domesticated horses. 
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