Long a source of wonder and mystery, these intelligent animals have been bred since antiquity. Their use for transportation was curtailed in the early 1900s as [[automobile]]s (then called "horseless carriages") replaced them. | Long a source of wonder and mystery, these intelligent animals have been bred since antiquity. Their use for transportation was curtailed in the early 1900s as [[automobile]]s (then called "horseless carriages") replaced them. |