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Bronze. — The bronze is more brown than the copper. It is seen 

 more especially upon the burnt sorrel, the maroon bay, the dark bay, 

 the dark Isabella, and the louvet. 



Wavy. — This is a bright, changeable lustre, of an undulating as- 

 pect, which the preceding reflections acquire upon different parts of the 

 body, when the hairs, instead of being smooth, present in places slight 

 undulations, giving to the coat the appearance of wavy cloth or gal- 

 vanized tin plate. 



Examples : silvery white, wavy upon the sides of the neck ; jet black, 

 wavy upon the croup and flanks ; dark sorrel, bronzed and wavy upon 

 the thighs and forearms ; copper chestnut bay, wavy upon the cheeks 

 and thighs ; golden Isabella, wavy upon the ribs and shoulders, etc. 



2. Shaded Hairs. 



The peculiarities due to shaded hairs comprise, upon the base of 

 the coat, round spots, sometimes lighter, sometimes darker, resulting 

 from a more or less intense tint of the general color. 



It includes the peculiarity which is ordinarily called dapple. 



A dapple coat is one which presents spots of the form and di- 

 ameter of a flve-franc piece, lighter or darker than the base of the 

 coat, but of the same general color. They are observed upon bay, 

 sorrel, Isabella, mouse- and fox-colored horses. 



It is well to mention their presence, their abundance, and their seat. 



When they exist on the coat of gray horses, French authors designate 

 this peculiarity by the terra pommele. 



When they are generalized, the coat is simply called dappled, 

 without any other mention. 



Examples: dark Isabella, slightly dappled; burnt sorrel, greatly 

 dappled upon the croup and thighs ; mahogany bay, dappled upon the 

 cheeks, neck, and sides ; ordinary gray, greatly dappled upon the back 

 and loins ; dark dapple gray. 



3. White Hairs. 



The peculiarities due to the absence or variable abundance of 

 white hairs upon different parts of the body are ivhole- or solid-colored, 

 rubican, snov^-flake, flea-bitten, growing gray, and bordered. We will 

 add to these the accidental white markings. 



Solid Color. — We call by the terms zain or solid-colored the bay, 

 black, sorrel, dark Isabella, and mouse-colored horse, whose coat has no 

 white hairs. 



Example : solid jet black. 



