58 THE ZOOLOGIST. 
continued for some time after the intruder left the field. Romulus 
was recently described by an excellent judge of Horses in the 
‘Scottish Farmer’ as “a bonnie colt, with rare quality of bone, 
. and with the dainty step and dignity of the Zebra.” There 
is nothing about the hybrids, strange to say, that suggests the 
ordinary mule or hinny. 
Tur Hysrip “ Remus.” 
The dam of Remus is a three-parts bred, 14.1-hands Irish 
mare. ‘“ Biddy” has been in my possession since 1898, and is 
now nine years old. She is a bay, with black points, but no 
white hairs anywhere, and Remus is her first foal. She is a very 
gentle quiet creature, and has always been in excellent condition, 
winter and summer alike. 
Evidently the Zebra, before coming here, had not made the 
acquaintance of any of his equine relatives. When first intro- 
duced to Mulatto, he rushed into a corner with his tail between 
his legs, and uttered peculiar little sounds which strongly 
suggested abject fear. Some of the ponies rushed at him open- 
mouthed; others deliberately pelted him with their heels. On 
the other hand, a bay Arab stallion and various mares could not 
have been more alarmed had he been a Tiger, or, when he called 
‘“* Quacha,” ‘‘ Quacha,” a troup of Lions. To give him a chance 
of discovering what sort of an animal a Horse is, I turned him 
loose one evening with a good-natured but very plucky bay 
Shetland pony. The pony proceeded to tease the Zebra, who 
very soon began to show fight. He was soon circling round the 
pony with the object of seizing her legs. For a time the pony 
was unprepared for this mode of attack, but ere long adopted 
similar tactics, with the result that the Zebra was several times 
brought to his knees.* After a couple of hours the duel came to 
an end,—the damage being very slight on either side,—and ever 
afterwards Matopo and ‘Sheila’ were excellent friends. But 
even during the spring of 1896 the Zebra was ridiculously timid, 
and even now a very small demonstration leads him to beat a 
* IT may mention that when his legs are touched with a rope or stick he 
almost invariably drops on to his knees, or lies down altogether. This is, 
think, the result of his having been periodically thrown before he came here 
that his hoofs might be looked to. 
