THE COATS. 797 



Mule Ray. — The mule ray or stripe is a dark or black stripe, 

 formed of black or red hairs, of a maroon or brown tint, which 

 extends, upon the median line, from the withers to the base of the tail. 



It is observed upon Isabella, bay, sorrel, mouse-colored, gray, and 

 fawn-colored horses, but not in all, which constitutes it an occasional 

 peculiarity of these coats. 



Cross upon the Withers. — This expression is used to designate 

 a dark stripe which passes transversely across the withers upon the 

 sides of the shoulders. It is found upon the same coats as the pre- 

 ceding marking, although more rarely. 



Sometimes it extends upon one shoulder only, which should always 

 be mentioned. 



Examples : light Isabella, mule ray and cross ; ordinary mouse, 

 mule ray and cross to the nght ; fawn sorrel, cross ; chestnut bay, 

 mule ray. 



Roebuck Abdomen. — This is only a yellowish washed colora- 

 tion of the inferior face of the abdomen, which often extends to the 

 hairs of the sheath, the testicles, the mammse, the internal face of the 

 thigh, and the perineum. It is especially marked in the Isabella, the 

 bay, the sorrel, and the fox coats. 



This expression, because of its inaccuracy, is no longer used. It 

 is simpler and more exact, in fact, to specify the parts which are the 

 seat of this peculiar color. 



White or Washed Mane and Tail. — When the mane and 

 tail are white in black, bay, Isabella, sorrel, mouse, and fawn horses, 

 instead of being black or dark, we designate them white or washed ; 

 also if they are completely or only partially so. 



Examples : burnt sorrel, white mane and tail; dark bay, rmshed 

 mane and tall ; ordinary black, base of tail white; dark Isabella, middle 

 portion of mane icashed. 



Mixed Mane and Tail. — The mane and tail are called mixed 

 when they contain some white hairs which do not enter into the com- 

 position of the coat considered, such as the black, the sorrel, the bay, the 

 Isabella, the mouse, and the fox. Ordinarily the mixing is only partial. 



Examples : mahogany bay, tail mixed ; rusty black, base of mane 

 mixed ; Isabella, mane and tail mixed. 



D. — Peculiarities of the Members. 



The peculiarities which concern the members are the white foot, the 

 zebra stripes, and the arbonzations. To these should be added the 

 diverse colorations of the horn of the hoof. 



