Fig. 5.—Skeleton of Persimmon, a 66-inch Thoroughbred.

PLATE III.

Fig. 6.—Side view of skull of Eric, a 36·5-inch Shetland pony of the riding type.

Fig. 7.—Skull of a new-born foal of the Celtic or riding type.

Fig. 8.—Skull of a four-year-old Prjevalsky horse from Mongolia. In the foal the cranium is relatively large and the face decidedly dished; in the Sheltie the face is longer than in the foal, but less bent downwards on the cranium and less dished; in the Prjevalsky stallion the cranium is less globular, while the face is very long and, owing to the bulging outwards of the nasals, “Roman-nosed.” Though in some Shetland ponies the face is long, the wild horse now found in Mongolia seems to have contributed little to the making of the modern Sheltie.

Dimensions of Skulls.

Total
length.
mm.		Facial
length.
mm.		Frontal
width.
mm.		Frontal
index.
Prjevalsky, 518 371 187 50 
Eric, 383 252 170 67 
Foal at birth, 255 166 100 60 
Iceland pony, “forest” type, 506 336 228 61 
Pony, “Celtic” type, 494 338 185 54 

Plate III.