目次
Table of Contents


            
馬事往来
Equine Comings and Goings

            
　日本における伝統的ウマ文化　−日光東照宮流鏑馬の歩み−
　Traditional Equine Culture in Japan
　 − The History of Horceback Archery (Yabusame) in Nikko Toshogu −

            
　稲葉　久雄
　Hisao INABA

            
　上野動物園のシマウマの削蹄について
　Hoof-Trimming for the Zebras in Ueno Zoo

            
　山口　洋史
　Hirohumi YAMAGUCHI

            
　ハンガリーと馬文化（３）トゥランの呪縛
　Hungary and Equine Culture (3) The Curse of Turan

            
　小島　亮
　Rio KOJIMA

            
馬事資料
Material that Horse

            
　北海道和種馬　その成立と現在
　Hokkaido Native Horses DOSANKO,  Their Origination and Present

            
　近藤　誠司
　Seiji KONDO

            
総説
Review

            
　ミオスタチン遺伝子多型がサラブレッドに与えた影響
　The Influence of the Myostatin Gene on Thoroughbred Racehorses
　
　

            
　戸崎　晃明、黒澤　雅彦、
　　Emmeline W. HILL
　Teruaki TOZAKI, Masahiko KUROSAWA,
　　 Emmeline W. HILL

            
特別記事
Special Article

            
　

            
　日高育成牧場獣医畜産系学生サマースクールに参加して
　My Experience at the Hidaka Training and Research Center Summer School
　 for Veterinary and Animal Husbandry Students

            
　山村 里紗
　Risa YAMAMURA

            
Journal of Equine Science Vol.23, No.1, March 2012 和文要約
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　Japanese Summary

            
編集委員会議事録
The minutes of Editorial Committee 

            
学会記事
Journal Article

            
協賛団体名・賛助会員名簿
Groups Sponsor・Supporting Member

            
Hippophile 投稿規程
　　Submissiom Rules

            
編集後記
Editor's Note


　日本の4月は新や桜の字が目立つ季節です。最近になり、濱田純一総長が率いる東京大学では大学の国際競争力向上やグローバル人材の育成といった視点で4月の新入生入学を「秋入学へ全面移行」の素案を提案しています。一方、企業や産業界は多様性をもった即戦力になる人材を求めつつも日本独自の人材養成システムを持っています。同様のことが日本の競馬社会でも「競馬の国際化」と称して議論された経緯があり、現在は日本産馬の高い評価を得るに至っています。何れにしても日本全体の問題として大学と企業との真剣な今後の議論が必要でしょう。

            　馬事往来『日本における伝統的ウマ文化―日光東照宮流鏑馬の歩み−』で稲葉久雄氏は、日本古来からの伝統文化である流鏑馬神事の国内発展への活動、国際的な交流活動、流鏑馬の歴史やその目的などを紹介しています。山口洋史氏の『上野動物園のシマウマの削蹄について』は、シマウマ特有の蹄の質や形状、加えて動物園での飼育環境などから一般のウマの削蹄と異なる装蹄師の作業状況を紹介しています。小島　亮氏の『ハンガリーと馬文化（3）トゥランの呪縛』は、46、47号に引き続いての完結編で、ハンガリー人の騎馬民族説の虚構をめぐる歴史的経緯を言語学的観点から追究し、今号には日露戦争後のハンガリー人と日本との「兄弟民族・騎馬民族仲間」とする虚構、昭和天皇の愛馬がハンガリー産馬、54戦無敗のサラブレッドの名馬キンチェム号やキンチェム競馬場、国内産馬による繋駕速歩レースなど興味の尽きない内容になっています。

            　馬事資料から、近藤誠司氏の『北海道和種馬　その成立と現在』は、北海道の土産馬と言う意味での所謂ドサンコの名称、日本における馬の起源、ドサンコの北海道への渡来、特徴的な体形、毛色、歩様などを紹介。更に現在のドサンコは北海道和種馬協会で登録し、ドサンコによる流鏑馬やトレッキング、試情馬、馬肉、駄載、障害者乗馬、森林管理・ダンヅケ等々に利用され、今後のドサンコの展望を提言しています。

            　総説では、戸崎晃明氏らに『ミオスタチン遺伝子多型がサラブレッドに与えた影響』として寄稿いただきました。最近、日本を始めアメリカやアイルランドの研究機関でミオスタチン遺伝子が馬の競走能力、特に短距離適性馬に影響を与えているとする報告がなされています。ミオスタチンの生化学的、遺伝学的、歴史的側面について解説されています。

            　特別記事は、山村里紗氏の『日高育成牧場獣医畜産系学生サマースクールに参加して』です。JRAが主催している学生向けの研修での体験談です。今後は若年者が馬に興味の持てる更なる企画を期待しています。

            　今年も2月にHippophileの編集委員会を開催し、その議事録を掲載しました。また、編集委員会でも指摘されていますが、原稿不足の打破あるいは投稿をし易くするために「Hippophile投稿に関する基準」を明確にしましたので、基準に沿った沢山の投稿を期待しています。
 

            
（編集委員長　兼子樹廣）



            　April
            in Japan is a season when words like “new” and “cherry blossoms” are highly visible. Recently the University
            of Tokyo, headed up by Junichi Hamada, has proposed a draft plan
            for an “across-the-board shift” of new student enrollment, which typically
            takes place in April, to a fall schedule, with a view toward
            enhancing the university's international
            competitiveness and facilitating its fostering of global human
            resources. While on the one hand, Japanese companies and industrial
            circles are increasingly seeking diverse, work-ready personnel,
            at the same time they have a system for human resource cultivation
            that is uniquely Japanese. The same sort of thing was once debated
            in the horse-racing community as well, under the name of “the globalization of horse-racing,” and now horses produced in Japan have
            come to be highly regarded. In any case, a serious debate is
            needed among universities and companies, as this is an issue
            for the whole of Japan.

            　In Equine Comings and Goings,
            “Traditional Equine Culture in
            Japan − The History of Horseback Archery
            (Yabusame) in Nikko Toshogu” by Mr. Hisao
            INABA introduces activities geared toward the growth in Japan
            of the “yabusame”
            Shinto ritual, a traditional culture from ancient times in Japan
            combining archery and horseback riding. He also discusses related
            international exchange activities, yabusame's
            history, and its objectives. Mr. Hirofumi YAMAGUCHI's “Hoof-Trimming
            for the Zebras in Ueno Zoo” introduces the
            nature and shape of zebras' distinctive
            hooves, as well as the work of the farriers in the zoo, which
            differs from that of ordinary hoof-trimming for horses due to
            factors such as the different breeding environment. Dr. Rio KOJIMA's Hungary and Equine Culture (3), the
            Curse of Turan” is the final
            installment in a series, following volumes 46 and 47.  He investigates
            from a linguistic angle the course of history surrounding the
            myth that the Hungarians were a horse-riding people. In this
            volume, he looks at the myth asserting that Hungarians and Japanese
            after the Russo-Japanese War were “brother
            races and fellow horse-riding peoples,”
            the fact that the Showa emperor's beloved horse
            was Hungarian-raised, the famous thoroughbred “Kinchemu-go” -- who went undefeated for 54 races
            -- and the racetrack that bears its name, trotting races featuring
            domestically produced horses, and other endlessly fascinating
            content.

            　From Equine Resources, Dr. Seiji
            KONDO's “Hokkaido
            Native Horses DOSANKO,  Their Origination and Present” discusses the name “dosanko,” which refers to Hokkaido native horses,
            as well as things like the origins of horses in Japan, the introduction
            of dosankos to Hokkaido, and their signature shape, hair color,
            and gait. He also suggests there is great promise for present-day
            dosankos, as they can now do such things as registering with
            the Hokkaido Native Horse Preservation Association and being
            used in “yabusame”
            or trekking, as teaser horses, for horse meat, as pack horses,
            for disabled riders, in forest management, and in pack trains,
            etc.

            　In the Review section, Dr. Teruaki
            TOZAKI et al. contributed “The
            Influence of the Myostatin Gene on Thoroughbred Racehorses.” Recently, at research institutes in
            Japan, America, and Ireland, reports have emerged asserting that
            the myostatin gene affects horses'
            racing ability, especially horses with an aptitude for short
            distances. The biochemical, genetical, and historical aspects
            of myostatin are explained.  

            　This volume's
            Special Article is “My Experience
            at the Hidaka Training and Research Center Summer School for
            Veterinary and Animal Husbandry Students”
            by Ms. Risa YAMAMURA. It is an account of her experience at a
            training session for students hosted by the JRA. We look forward
            to even more projects that will spark interest in horses among
            young people. 

            　Again this year in February,
            we held a meeting of Hippophile's editorial committee,
            and we have presented a summary of that meeting's
            minutes. As was pointed out in our editorial committee meeting,
            in order to break free from a lack of articles and make it easier
            to submit articles, we clarified the “Criteria
            for Submitting to Hippophile,” so we look forward
            to many submissions that meet the criteria.

            
(Editor-in-Chief,
            Dr. Mikihiro KANEKO)