The Horse, RIP

I love all forms of Victorian/Edwardian futurology. This cartoon captures the sadness many Edwardians felt at the inevitable triumph of the motor car over their old friends (Pall Mall Magazine, 1908):

VISIONS OF THE FUTURE:
THE MOTOR ERA

THE ZOO (A.D. 2600)
"Yes, children, that is a horse - one of those animals I told you about in the fairy stories."