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the eyes, he will generally be a match to the gamest 

 and pluckiest of horses either on the road or in the 

 field. The writer recently had the pleasure of exam- 

 ining a Canadian-bred Polo pony in possession of an 

 excellent sportsman and straight -riding member of 

 the North Durham Hunt. The cavity between the 

 eyes of this pony is most pronounced, suggesting 

 either a freak of nature, or an accident during foal- 

 hood — probably the latter, as the indentation is too 

 deep and abrupt to be explained by natural causes. 

 It is said that '' a good horse is never a bad 

 colour," still, colour frequently plays an important 

 part in determining the peculiarities of temperament 

 in horses. Bright bays, browns, blacks, and dark 

 chesnuts are generally good - tempered and hardy 

 constitutionally ; while light coloured bays and ches- 

 nuts are often hot-tempered, excitable animals, with 

 delicate constitutions. Greys are objectionable on 

 account of their susceptibility to dirt. When shed- 

 ding their coats, the hairs lodge about the clothes 

 of people who are near them, and are very con- 

 spicuous from their colour. For this reason alone, 

 gentlemen will scarcely purchase grey horses, unless 

 possessed of some special qualifications. To neutralise 

 their conspicuous appearance, the horses of the Scots 

 Greys were dyed khaki colour in South Africa, which 

 was said to remain fixed for a couple of months. 

 Grey horses are generally hardy and good-tempered, 

 and as they grow older they become lighter in colour. 

 There are many intermediate shades between the 



