[Illustration: Fig. 50.--Side view of domestic horse, showing eight
areas of reversed hair, A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, all of which were
situated under portions of the harness.
B. Pattern on hamstring region, under the breeching.
Examined 24th December, 1907. Roan hackney, recently clipped,
showed on the offside on the hamstring region, a reversed area
of hair proceeding vertically upwards and ending in a crest, in
the position where the breeching rubs during locomotion. Thirteen
cases examined, other twelve similar.
C. Pattern on lower axillary region, under belly-band.
Examined 4th March, 1907. Small grey hackney with reversed area of
hair in lower axillary region, with also a crest nearly horizontal
lying along upper part of this area under the belly-band. Eight
cases examined, the other seven similar.
D. Pattern on tail region.
Examined 29th November, 1907. Bay hackney, on each side of base of
tail where the crupper rubs during locomotion, is a wide reversed
area of hair five to six inches long, in which the hairs were
arranged at a right angle with the axis of the spine on the upper
border and feathering out on the lower border into the general
stream of hair. Three cases examined, two others similar.
E. Pattern on side of neck under the position of the reins.
Examined 21st December, 1907. Small mouse-coloured hackney recently
clipped. On the offside of the neck where the reins rubbed against
the neck there was a wide reversed area of hair with a well-marked
crest in front. Five cases in all examined, the four others
similar.
F. Pattern on shoulder.
Examined 15th September, 1905. Bay cart-horse, reversed area lying
nearly horizontal under the shaft of the cart; hairs formed into a
whorl, feathering and crest lying posteriorly--pattern four inches
in length, on near side only. One case only examined.
G. Pattern on side of face.
Examined 25th May, 1905. Grey hackney with wide reversed area of
hair along side of face ending above in oblique crest, under a
strap of the headstall, on the offside only. Two cases examined,
the other similar.
H. Pattern on border of the neck under the collar.
Examined 28th September, 1906. Bay cart-horse. On near side under
the collar which was lifted up while the horse was resting, the
hairs at the border of the neck were formed into a large whorl.
One case only examined.]
_First._ The normal arrangement of hair on the under surface of the
horse’s neck shows an even stream passing from the head to the chest,
where it is interrupted by the pectoral patterns, and during that
course resembles precisely the other normal streams in this and other
mammals.
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