Show NEW BEAST OF BURDEN value of the Is just being recognized for some eight or nine years prof cossar ewart of tho the university of edinburgh has been endeavoring to produce superior animals for military and general use by zebra horse hybrids and now that his experiments are coming within the range of utilization the results will be watched with keen interest by the people of this country the new animal the which it Is predicted will be the mulo mule of the twentieth century Is by make shape and bardness of foot well fitted for transport and artillery purposes in color it more frequently resembles the mother though the ze bra striping Is often very distinct of the many zeb rules that have now been bred it Is found that they have better and freer tempers than ordinary mules and aro are less difficult to handle mr air ila hagenback denbeck of hamburg was so greatly im impressed pressed with the hybrid sent to london last year that ho lie Is introducing them antu inti germany and america with a view to convince the people that they aro are useful and docile doelle and to destroy any prejudices prejudice jaifus its X driven by mr 1 hagenbeck against their blood ho he drives a pair himself ho ile wrote in february last to prof ewart two ot of the five zeb rules you sont go in harness quito well together the wild blood far from being a demerit appears to endow the animals with alertness activity and intelligence telli gence until quite recently it has been thought that zebras were so rare as to bo be almost extinct but with the opening up of central and eastern africa it has been found that thes beautiful creatures still exist in large numbers it Is quito quite a common sight to sec see herds of over two hun 1 dred on the banks of tho the tama river and in the provi province uce of they are proof against the african plagues the tsetse fly and horse sick ness they adapt themselves to almost any climate and by hardness of foot and strength of back are well adapted by nature to bear the bur den which at last man realizes it Is intended to bear |