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especially of the cart kind, not so hardy as the bays 

 or chesnuts. 



^ 108. The Grey. 



The greys are much diversified in colour. The 

 dapple grey retains his colour the longest, which is 

 a sign of strength in constitution. The silver grey 

 is extremely beautiful, and many of them are very 

 good. The iron grey, with light m.ane and tail, are 

 not considered the most hardy. The nutmeg greys 

 are often beautiful, as well as hardy. The light 

 plain grey soon grows white, as all other greys do 

 in process of time. 



107. The Roans, 



The roans are a mixture of various colours, where 

 the white predominates. Those that have a mix- 

 ture of the bay or nutmeg colour are sometimes to- 

 lerably handsome. Indeed, the roans are generally 

 better and stronger horses than they appear to be. 



108. The Dun. 



The dun, the fallows-colour, and the cream-colour, 

 have all one common resemblance ; and most of 

 them have a list down their backs, with their manes 

 and tails black. Dun horses, though not handsome, 

 often prove useful : the fallow and cream-coloured 

 horses are often both good and beautiful. The fal- 

 low, or tawny dun, are sometimes faintly dappled, 

 and look well in a set, when properly matched. 

 The king's cream-coloured horses are bred in Hano- 

 ver, and seem to be a distinct breed from all others. 



There are a great variety of other colours, such as 

 the strawberry, the starling, the flea-bitten, and the 

 peach-colour ; but they are rather uncommon. In 

 Germany there are some horses finely spotted wdth 

 black, red, yellov/, and other gay colours, and which 

 isell for a high price as curiosities. 



