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The horse's skin is usually black throughout, but it is 

 sometimes pink in parts. The latter is free from pigment. 

 Most white horses have black skins, but generally the skin 

 under white markings is pink ; when the skin is pink the 

 hair is always white. 



Bay is a reddish brown. A horse may be light, bright 

 ora dark bay, according to the depth of the color of the coat. 



Black. Horses of this color have usually more or less 

 white at the extremities. 



Brown is similar to bay, but without the reddish shade. 

 A horse may be light or a dark brown, according to the 

 depth of the color of the coat. 



Chestnut is a golden brown or reddish gold dust ; 

 horses of this color are often marked by white at the extremi- 

 ties. A horse may be dark, bright or light (mealy), accord- 

 ing to the depth of the color of the coat. 



Dappled is a coat marked with rings or spots of a darker 

 color than the ground color. 



Dun is a grayish brown or dark cream color. Horses of 

 this color are generally marked by black at the extremities. 



Flea-bitten is a white coat in which red o»* dark liairs 

 are largely intermingled. 



Gray is a mixture of white and black hairs. A horse 

 may be light or dark gray, according to the predominance 

 of either the black or white hairs. 



Piebald is, strictly speaking, a combination of black and 

 white patches, in distinction to those of any other color. 



Roan is of a reddish or bluish shade, in which gray 

 hairs are present. A horse may be a red roan, blue roan or 

 strawberry roan, according to the character of the ground 

 color of the coat. 



