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in cart-horses, and most rare in thoroughbred 

 horses. 



Black-brown, on the contrary, is more common 

 in thoroughbred horses than in any other breed ; 

 and I do not ever remember having seen it except 

 when allied to a certain amount of blood. 



Chestnut is as common among racehorses as any 

 other colour, while it is less common in every other 

 breed, with the exception of one breed of cart-horses, 

 called the Suffolk Punch, which are never of any 

 other colour when pure bred. 



The greatest number of greys are to be found, I 

 think, in middle bred horses, that is, there are less 

 grey racehorses and cart-horses, than there are 

 among the intermediate sorts. 



Piebald and skewbald are most common among 

 the smallest horses, that is, there are many more 

 under-sized animals and ponies of these colours than 

 there are full-sized ones ; while bay is much the 

 most numerous colour, talcing all breeds of horses 

 lumped together. To sum up. 



Black 



Black-brown 

 Bay and bay-brown 

 Chestnut . 

 Grey . 



is most seen in cart-horses. 

 „ „ racehorses. 



„ „ all breeds together. 



„ „ racehorses and cart-horses- 



„ „ horses that are neither of 



those two. 

 Piebald and skewbald „ „ Ponies. 



As regards the qualities attached to different 

 colours, I should say, speaking of three parts bred 



