A Woolly Horse.
One of the greatest curiosities in the way of a natural equine freak is owned, says the Chicago Horseman, in the city of Schenectady, New York. His owner says :— " His hair is over three inches in length, some portions being six inches, and closely curled. It grows in summer as well as in the winter. We had to clip him in the middle of May last, his wool becoming so matted and tangled that it was impossible to get a comb through it. His sire was a large sorrel stallion, and his dam a little brown mare spotted with white on the back. Both were very short-haired, smooth-coated animals of Arabian blood, but none of the mare's colts nor any sire by the stallion ever showed any curly or woolly hair. No amount of combing will destroy the curl."
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Manawatu Herald, 9 March 1895, Page 3
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142A Woolly Horse. Manawatu Herald, 9 March 1895, Page 3
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