Iron County Record | 1936-07-16 | Page 5 | Horse Rises on Front Feet First, Cow the Opposite

Norse Hone Rises on Front Feet First Cow the Opposite If It you live hive on a farm tarm or are atall atall at al all observing you know horses and i cattle cathe get up Ull from the ground differently differently dif says a n writer In Pathfinder er Magazine A horse rises on Its front feet teet first while a cow CO rises first on Its hind ones ons An Eng Rag lishman has lias a theory to explain this lie He says the difference Is due to the tho different surroundings In which tho the animals were evolved Living for tor millions of years on plains where tall grass obstructed Its view vIe when It was arms lying down the hone horse developed the habit of ot rising ris In ing head first so It could Immediately Imme I see tee over oer the grass and de cle detect detest test teet any approaching danger This Tlde authority believes the same mothe mothe mo mo- the lye prompted the tho cow and Its Us forbears for bears to get up hind feet teet first HP lie says las the cow descended led from the deer family has always lived In Inthe Inthe inthe the forests and null could see sec a greater distance with Its head near the ground round w where here there were not so man many tree treo branches to obstruct Its vision Therefore In rising It learned to level le Its head hend near the ground until un til ii tho the last lost possible moment