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GREAT GAME ANIMALS. 



typical colour is bay with black " points " and often a white star 

 on the forehead, and the mane and tail are long and full. The 

 skull generally shows a slight depression in front of the socket of 

 the eye. Many of the dark-coloured Horses of Europe have 

 Barb or Arab blood in their veins, this being markedly the 

 case with the Old English Black, or Shire Horse, the skull of 

 which shows a distinct depression in front of the eye-socket. 

 This depression is still more marked in the extinct Indian 

 E. sivalensis, which may have been the ancestral form. 



In this connection, attention may be directed to the series of 

 skulls of famous Thoroughbred and Shire Horses exhibited in the 

 North Hall. The skulls of Race- Horses include those of " Stock- 

 well," "Bend-Or," "Ormonde," and "Donovan"; while Shires 

 are represented by " Blaisdon Conqueror " and " Prince William," 

 both famous horses in their time. The presence in the skull of 

 Thoroughbreds and Arabs of the above-mentioned slight depression 

 in front of the socket of each eye is noteworthy, since this, although 

 now serving as the attachment for the muscle running to the nostril, 

 may represent a much deeper depression in the skull of the extinct 

 three-toed Hipparion (shown in a Table-case in the North Hall), 

 which has been regarded as the receptacle for a face-gland like 

 that of Beer and many Antelopes. The limb-bones of " Stock- 

 well " and " Blaisdon Conqueror " are exhibited in a wall-case in 

 order to show the difference between the Thoroughbred and the 

 Cart-Horse types. 



Asses resemble the Horse in the absence of stripes, 

 although there may be a dark streak down the 

 back, and at times another across the shoulders, and 

 bands on the limbs. The Asiatic Asses, which might well be 

 collectively called Kiangs or Onagers, have moderate ears, the tail 

 rather long, and the back-stripe dark brown and running from 

 head to tail. On the neck and withers this stripe is formed by 

 the mane. They come nearer to the Horse than do any other 

 members of the family. There are two species of Asiatic Wild Ass, 

 with several varieties. The first and largest has two races — the 

 Chigetai (Equus hemionus) of Mongolia, and the Kiang (E. h. 

 Hang, 1013) of Tibet, which is a redder animal. The Onager 

 (E. onager), of which there are several races, is smaller, with a 



Asiatic 

 Wild Asses 



