336 .s'/\7iV, COLOUR, ASD 1 1 11 IC. 



is llif wall is made up of dark and slatc-colouicd lioni, 

 the loot is iisiialK st loiit;, and such as llic lai i icr dclii^lils 

 to work upon. I lie clii'St link coloiii cd lioisc has Ihc woisl 

 l("("l ot aii\' (kiss ol horse cxkiid. ihc walls are weak 

 and hriltlc, and very oKcii Ikd and shallow, (liaidcd, 

 soiui^ cliestnul-r()k)iired horses' led look \ri\ ni(c lo 

 (he e\e, and show oH to great advantage when newdy 

 shod, but ne\ CI t heless, the laet icniains that theii' k'et 

 are weak in hnild and textnic, and not the most suitable 

 loi road purposes." 



rht> eoloni ol the skin ilscll is either l)laek, pink, oi' 

 it ni.iy Ih' partl\' black .ind paitl\ \)\\\k in patches. 



riu- lilaik colniii ol (I, Ilk skill is i-,iiis(>il 1)\ Ihc prescnct> of lilark 

 |iiL;iiu'iit (iiu'kmiii) w hull is ilcposilcil in (lie (K'cnrr kiyi'is ol Ihc 

 oiiifi skin (t-f^iili'tDiis). Melanin api^Mis to 1)0 derivetl lioiii lh(> 

 colon! iiiL; matU'i ol the Mood (lut'iHO'i^llobiii). lu'caiisc (lu> deposition 

 ol iiH'lanni in \arioiis tis.sucs is a clKiracterislic ol malarial tcNcr. 

 I l,inioi;lolun is coiilaincd in the red i'or])usclos ot the Mood, a lai\i;r 

 nnmln'i ol wliii'h Ihtoiih' drstiosi'd 1>\ the inicKihcs ol inalaiial 

 lc\i'i duiini; an attack (i| this iliscasi", ami (.•oiisiHincnt ly the Mood, 

 111 tlu>st> cases, becomes loailed with tree hjemoglohiii. Idiere is no 

 |Mi;nu'nl in pink (oi' white) skin. 



Althoui;li thi^ kiigi" niajoritx ol grcN' and white horses 

 havc^ bhu k skins ; pink skin will invariably produce 

 whitt' hair, and will sc>crid(^ (at the coionets) white hoofs. 

 Jilack skin will torm dark-eok)uriHl horn, even when the 

 coat is whiti\ Although, as I ha\'e pist said, white horses 

 nia\' ha\i' black skins ; we shall lind that tlu^ skin of whitc^ 

 markings (stars, blazes, reaches, snips, stockings, cic.) on 

 dark-eoloured horse,s is, as .i rule, j)ink. In lact , 1 \'entiire 

 to sa\' that the skin ol white stockings is alwa\s pink, and 

 consecpuMit l\ the hoots ot tlu^se legs will bi' whiti^ ; i)ro\ided 

 of couisi\ that the white hair is continued down to the 

 corouid. in tin- I'^ast, we not infrecpiently see pink- 

 skinned horst^s, whiih, ol course, are white, and which, 

 accortling to m\ experience, are nuich " softer " in constitu- 

 tion than animals with dark skins. This fact is, 1 think, 

 chietly owing to the greater elfect the rays of the sun have 



