ON ZHBRA-HORSE HYBRIDS. 57 
were coming out. By the 6th of June the dark lustreless winter 
coat had sufficiently gone around the base of the ears and above 
the eyes to indicate the colour of the summer coat. All through 
June and July the process of shedding continued, but by the 
12th of August—the hybrid’s first birthday—the summer coat 
was fully established. The dark stripes, which consisted chiefly 
of strong flattened hairs, looked very prominent. The inter- 
mediate bands were of a reddish brown colour over the brow, but 
elsewhere reminded one of the summer coat of a Stag. Taken 
as a whole Romulus was very decidedly darker as a yearling than 
during the early weeks of his existence. 
As the long hairs were shed from the body and the root of 
the tail, numerous hairs dropped from the mane. In an ordinary 
mule (the foal of a New Forest pony) which I have had for some 
time, all the long hairs of the mane were shed last summer; but 
in Romulus, either some of the long hairs were retained, or the 
new hairs came in before the old ones were lost. At any rate, 
though the mane was shorter and less bulky and consequently 
more upright during August, it always consisted of numerous 
long hairs. At present the mane, which consists of wavy hairs 
from seven to nine inches in length, tends to fall slightly to one 
side,—the mane falls slightly to one side in some Zebras. 
By the middle of September Romulus had again lost not a 
few of the brighter coloured hairs, and since then he has been 
getting again gradually darker. Probably because of the extreme 
mildness of the season the long hairs have already (January) 
begun to fall out in much the same way as they did last March. 
All the experts who have seen Romulus agree in considering 
him a decided improvement on his sire, and more attractive and 
shapely than his dam. Having been handled from the first, he 
is, as a rule, extremely quiet. Occasionally, however, he clearly 
indicates he has plenty of courage and no lack of speed. At 
present he is particularly attached to a small thoroughbred mare. 
When separated from this mare he is sometimes as restless as 
his sire when upset by some change in his surroundings. Last 
week a strange Horse was galloped in the paddock where Romulus 
happened to be for the day. The hybrid became excited, and 
gave an excellent demonstration of his trotting and galloping 
powers, and of how proudly he could carry himself, and this 
