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composite colour, but one which is very much older 

 than chesnut. Unlike chesnuts, few roans have white 

 marking-s, which is a great feature in their favour for 

 matching- purposes in harness. Another distinguish- 

 ing characteristic of roans is that their heads are 

 generally darker -coloured than their bodies, which 

 is exactly the converse of greys. Roans, especially 

 blues and bays, may be classed as good -tempered, 

 docile horses, and are possessed of excellent con- 

 stitutions. 



Large white blazes in the faces of horses, and 

 white legs up to the knees and hocks, are not desir- 

 able, and it is well to discourage their production as 

 much as possible. A white star in the forehead and 

 a pair of white pasterns behind, however, rather tend 

 to brighten up the appearance of a horse, but they 

 are generally in the way when matching is considered. 

 A strange peculiarity is that white markings predom- 

 inate on the near limbs, the near hind leg being 

 white more frequently than any of the others. 



Piebalds and skewbalds may be briefly considered 

 together ; the former are black and white and the 

 latter bay and white. As the colouring is never 

 uniform, one side always differing from another on 

 the same pony, they are not desirable from any point 

 of view, though some people with extravagant tastes 

 prefer them. They do not often appear in the larger 

 breeds of horses, but are often fairly plentiful amongst 

 ponies. 



White horses proper, those with pink skins, are 



