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serviceable horses used for draught are Very often 

 of this colour. 



''' The Black horses of a jet and shining black, with 

 little or no white, are very handsome. Too much white 

 greatly detracts from their beauty. English horses 

 have much more white than the black horses of any 

 other country. The marks of these horses vary con- 

 siderably ; those which are composed of brown are 

 esteemed constitutionally strong. Mr. Gibson con- 

 sidered the English black-horses, especially of the cast 

 kind, not so hardy as the bay or chesnut. 



" The Greys have the greatest diversity of colour. 

 The dapple-greys retain their colour longer than any 

 others, and this being considered the sign of a strong 

 and healthy constitution, they are the most esteemed. 

 The iron-grey looks well, but wants the requisite just 

 named. The silver-greys are extremely beautiful and 

 good. The nutmeg-greys, especially when the dapple 

 mixture partakes of the bay or chesnut, are not only 

 beautiful, but are generally very hardy and service- 

 able. 



" The Roan participates of many colours, with a 

 preponderance of white ; where the intermixture is 

 of the bay or nutmeg the horses are sometimes hand- 

 some. There are, however, a great variety of these, 

 but most of them are better and stronger than their 

 appearance bespeaks them. 



" The Strawberry is not materially different from the 

 roan or the sorrel, having a semblance to both, being 

 generally marked with white on the face and legs ; 

 where there is a mixture of bay, the horse is frequently 

 handsome and good : these, however, are not very 

 common. 



" The Dan, the fallow-colour, and the cream, are 

 not unlike each other, and are generally found with a 



