Talk:Iomud

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What clarifies this as an ancient breed of horse?137.240.136.86 15:55, 1 December 2007 (UTC)

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Problem with the Image used
Dear sir/madam. I have read through your article on the Iomud horse and the article is generally fine. But the image used in this article to demonstrate the breed is not the correct image. The current image used in this article, which is "Les races chevalines BHL22833207.jpg", is not an Iomud horse.

I found a copy of this image in the public domain book "Les races chevalines : avec une étude spéciale sur les chevaux russes" (authored by J. De Merder and L. De Simonoff, 1894), with the description of the horse on page 79. Based on the description provided by this book the so-called "Les chevaux Jmouds" is actually referring to the Zemaituka Horse.

I hereby quote the translation of the original article for your reference: (original article in French)

"This breed, original and useful, once existed in all the provinces of northwestern Russia, where it was formed, according to tradition, from the crossing of the native horse with the Estonian Klepper. But it has been a long time since this breed began to disappear little by little, and now it exists only in the districts of Rossieni, Kovno, Chavli and Telchi of Kovno Province"

[Added by translator: Kovno is the modern-day Kaunas of Lithuania].

---Merder and Simonoff, 1894. Les races chevalines : avec une étude spéciale sur les chevaux russes, p. 79

I hereby requested that the current image used in this article to be replaced with correct image. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 125.253.47.206 (talk) 15:04, 28 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Thank you, IP 125.253.47.206, that's very observant of you (of course, once you point it out, it's completely obvious). I've changed the category of the image on Commons, and left a note on the talk-page there: "I've moved this ... based on the caption of the original image. "Jmoud" is apparently a French transliteration of "Zhmud", another name for this breed, and this stallion stood at Vilna, which is another name for Vilnius in Lithuania (of course, the appearance of the horse also confirms this reading)". Nice work! Now, can you find us a picture of a real Iomud? Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 16:57, 28 April 2017 (UTC)
 * I have found a candidate image that could be used in Wikipedia. It is available in Wikimedia here https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Yamud_Horse,_1904.jpg 129.180.168.143 (talk) 08:44, 12 August 2020 (UTC)
 * Very helpful, thank you! I've added it to the page – as in fact you could have done yourself. Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 11:50, 12 August 2020 (UTC)