Thelemark cows of Norway
Podolian Cow, Galicia
Zebra with young
Zebra with young
The Musk-Ox (Ovibos moschatus)
Another large mammal, perhaps less well known, is the Musk-Ox (Ovibos moschatus), which resembles in size the smaller varieties of Oxen, but in structure and habits is closely allied to the Sheep. As is implied by the specific name, it exhales a musky odour; this does not, however, appear to be due to the secretion of a special gland, as is the case in other animals with a similar smell. The skin is covered with long brown thickly-matted hair, interspersed with white. It is confined to the most northerly parts of North America and the American Arctic islands, and to North Greenland. Though not now living in the Old World, it seems formerly to have been abundant in Siberia, and, as we shall learn later on, it was one of the species which took part in the great Siberian invasion of Europe. Its remains have been found not only in Germany and France, but also in the south of England.
Preparing to lie down
Preparing to lie down
Zebra with young
Zebra with young
Terrified Horse
Terrified Horse
Mariahof Cow, Styria
Hereford Bull, 'Tredegar'
Skeleton of Horse
The White Yak of the Asiatic Mountains
This animal has a thick coat of long, silky hair, which hangs nearly to the ground. Ropes and cloth are made from it. The tail is just a great[96] bunch of long hair. The Yak does not bellow like the ox but gives a short grunt. Its milk is very rich, and fine butter is made from it.
Devon Yearling Heifer, shown at Croydon, 1875
The short strap in use
A common breaching strap is used to strap up the foot. For using, open the loop, keeping the buckle on the outside, put the loop over foot, then raise foot and pass the strap around the fore-arm from the inside, and buckle it tight; this holds the foot up firmly.
Prize Short-horn, 'Pride of Windsor' , shown at Islington
The short and the long straps
Horses may be taught many amusing tricks, some of which are really wonderful. For teaching horses tricks the implements known as the Rarey straps are requisite, to teach the animal to lie down, etc. The piebald or spotted horses are generally supposed by trainers to be more tractable as well as to possess more talent than others.
Teaching the horse to back
Put the cord upon the horse, using the small loop; draw it with a steady pull; this brings the horse’s nose toward his body. Keep a firm hold upon the cord until he steps back a little, using at the same time the word “back.” Then caress him; by doing so you show him that he has done exactly as you wished him to, and the caresses should be repeated every time he obeys.
The application of both straps
The application of both straps
Frightened Horse
Frightened Horse
Horse cantering
Horse cantering
Horses running in snow
Horses running in snow
Horse
Horse
Horse affection
Horse affection
Horse Head
Horse Head
Bucking Horse
Bucking Horse
Skeleton of the Horse
1, Cranium; 2, face; 3, atlas; 4, axis; 5, seventh cervical vertebra; 6, first dorsal vertebra; 7, eighteenth and last dorsal vertebra; 8, lumbar vertebræ; 9, sacrum; 10, coccygeal vertebræ; 11, sternum; 12, xiphoid appendix; 13, eighteenth and last sternal rib; 14, costal cartilage; 15, scapula; 16, cartilage of extension; 17, great tuberosity of the humerus; 18, deltoid crest; 19, olecranon process; 20, radius; 21, carpus; 22, pisiform; 23, principal metacarpal; 24, metacarpal, external rudimentary; 25, large sesamoids; 26, first phalanx; 27, second phalanx; 28, third phalanx; 29, ilium, showing external iliac fossa; 30, pubis; 31, tuberosity of the ischium; 32, great trochanter; 33, infratrochanteric crest, or third trochanter; 34, supracondyloid fossa of the femur; 35, knee-cap; 36, anterior tuberosity of the tibia; 37, the fibula; 38, tarsus astragalus; 39, calcaneum; 40, principal metatarsal; 41, rudimentary external metatarsal; 42, large sesamoids; 43, first phalanx; 44, second phalanx; 45, third phalanx.
A calf
A calf
Horse in stall
Horse in stall
Horse
Horse
Bringing the horse to his knees
Bringing the horse to his knees
Horses in stall
Horses in stall
The Horse lying down
The Horse lying down
Horses Drinking
Horses Drinking
Boy and Girl feeding a horse
Boy and Girl feeding a horse
Speckled horse
Speckled horse
Sheep-ox
The Sheep-ox or Muscus-ox , the Oemingarok der Eskimos ( Ovibos moschatus ), miraculously combines in itself the characteristics of the Cattle and of the Sheep; it is therefore necessary for us to consider him as a representative of a separate subfamily.
Going through the gate
Going through the gate
Trotting across a field
Trotting across a field
Horse drinking
Horse drinking
Soldier on horse
Soldier on horse
Horse legs
Horse legs
Horse and sheep show
Horse and sheep show
Brown horse and foal
Brown horse and foal
Horse and Foal
Horse and Foal
Rodeo Rider
Rodeo Rider
Man riding horse
Man riding horse
Horse with feedbag
Horse with feedbag
Prancing Horse
Prancing Horse
Feeding Time
Feeding Time
Child looking after horse
Child looking after horse
Horse and cart with dog driver
Horse and cart with dog driver
Two children riding ponies on the beach
Two children riding ponies on the beach
Need real food
Horse reaching for some leaves on rather barren tree
Two horses
Two horses
A horse
A horse
Horse and dogs ready for a ride
Horse and dogs ready for a ride
Hunting with the dogs
Hunting with the dogs
Feeding time
Feeding time
Man and horse outside a house
Man and horse outside a house
Horse
Horse
Two horses looking at their food
Two horses looking at their food