An excerpt from an 1890 book on horse training.

This excerpt comes from Horse education: A Treatise on the Origin, Characteristics, and Training of Horses by Thomas J. Murray. Murray describes the origins of the modern horse, which he traces back to fossils of a prehistoric animal with three toes and a hoof from the Cretaceous period around 145 millions year ago. The modern horses of Mexico, South America, and North America can all be traced back to European colonization.

Citation Information
Murray, Thomas Jefferson, excerpt from “Horse education : a treatise on the origin, characteristics, and training of horses,” Digital Public Library of America, https://dp.la/item/5ae80f2bd63284fd90818d9414523984.
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