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There has been some difficulty in securing the cross with the horse, but 
Baron de Parana has succeeded better than early experimenters, and has 
Produced five zebroids as the offspring of a single zebra male. Three of the 
“ebroids are male and two female. The zebroid Lordello is a brown bay 
Striped with black, and Menelick is a grey striped with black. Others of the 
Ye are bay with black stripes and with dark-brown stripes. There appears 
{uite a chance for a play of colours by the use of dams of different shades. 
The forms of the zebroids need no comment. Any horseman can learn 
them for himself. ‘The Baron says that they are very sprightly, but are 
at the same time gentle, and become yery docile with kind handling. They 
eed as well from the manger as on the pasture, and are possessed of great 
fscular strength. Their size, slenderness, pace, and disposition depend upon 
® dam, and they may therefore be bred for heavy or light draft. Crossing 
Ubon draft mares gives zebroids large and strong, but not so thick-set as their 
ams, Crossing with lighter horses gives tall and slender zebroids, which Baron 
® Parana claims are fully as strong as the horse, but more tractable and suitable 
Ot work which requires quickness rather than strength alone. ‘The Baron is 
*°hVinced that the zebroid will prove of great economic importance, especially 
inf € warmer climates, and he believes that the zebroid will displace the mule— 
"fact, will be the mule of the 20th century. 
Many have been the services of the mule to mankind. Both in war and in 
Nace the mule is the motive power of very important enterprises. He does not 
Sure largely in parade and display; but when it comes to be a question of 
m ty going, persistent and intelligent effort, and unyielding endurance, the 
ee © has stood for generations without a rival. It seems poetic injustice that a 
. Tvant of mankind, having undergone such labours and achieved such successes, 
ae have to brook a rival at this late day; but why indeed should the alle 
D ‘pe the hardships which the demon of change inflicts even upon mankind + 
°ubtless the mule will not murmur, although he is a kicker. 
HORSES IN SOUTH AFRICA. 
Wise we all are anxious for the comfort and well-being of our fellow- 
nists who have so patriotically given their services to the British Empire, 
Bee apt to overlook one matter on which possibly the very lives of our 
ani ers will depend. We allude to the horses and the care of these invaluable 
0 mals, The stupendous work which has to be performed by them in the 
Perations of war is scarcely realised by those who “sit at home at ease, 
ah it is by reading the war news, describing tremendous long marches on 
ao. both saddle and harness, working hard from sixteen to twenty hours at 
Stetch, with scarcely a moment for rest, food, or drink. Small wonder that _ 
Bete losses from causes other than shell and bullet are to be expected. Oppor- 
“hely, a correspondent writing to the Agricultural Gazette (London) says :-— 
Vhen we consider that a horse soon eats more than his own weight of 
oe oats, the provision for him is simply vast, and beyond the comprehension 
th 1© average civilian, unless he has dealings with quartermasters or enjoyed. 
Not ppubtful benefit of a contract to supply forage to a great camp. — There 
and x necessary forage in Cape Colony when the animals have Wed aaa: ; 
tpport eo of ‘grain have been arriving from many ports. The ae y 2 
Oper, ‘ting an army in the field has been experienced by the Boers, alt! BUR 
fio, be from near the base of supplies and among a population too friendly 
Wreteh, British point of view. ‘ihe captured horses in most: cases were m 
Someths condition, and much overweighted, as they are mere ponies av eraging 
With Ing like 14 hands, and carrying, for the most part, fine-grown ae 
» Of course, some amount of kit. They are the hardy Basuto ponies whic 
