All About Horses

[?]or Younger Readers

IWO books for the eight to sixteen years old group this month ncern horses. Sixty Million Years Horses is by Lois and Louis Darl [ (who a few months ago pro ceed a book called Before and After nosaurs). The other book is It All gan With Calamity, by Meg Lewis; is a junior novel.

Lois and Louis Darling’s story ces the evolution of the modern rse over 60 million years, from the le the tiny progenitor of all to fs Dobbins (called eohippus, the wn horse), lived on the North lerican continent. By a million irs ago eohippus had evolved into uus —to which family zebras and es also belong, and to distinguish at are to us true horses, the word 'alius was added.

Somewhere along the way between evolution of Equus and the pres , but probably not more than 000 or 50,000 years ago, man met uus caballus and began to tame i. tfeg Lewis’ story is about 16-years

old Diana, who helps her aunt run a riding school. When out in the bush one evening she catches a glimpse of a wild colt which she calls Calamity. How she catches him, tames him and ultimately makes him obedient enough to win a prize as a show jumper is the theme of the story which will appeal to all young sters who like the open air.

(60 Million Years Of Horses; And

It All Began With Calamity. Pub

lished by Angus and Robertson Ltd. Priced at 15/- and 17/6 respectively).