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especially of the cart kind, not so hardy as the bays 

 or chesnuts. 



108. The Grey. 



The greys are much diversified in colour. The 

 dapple grey retains his colour the longest, which is 

 a sign of strength in constitution. The silver grey 

 is extremely beautiful, and many of them are very 

 good. The iron grey, vrith light mane and tail, are 

 not considered the most hardy. The nutmeg greys 

 are often beautiful, as well as hardy. The light 

 plain grey soon grows wliite, as all other greys do 

 in process of time. 



107. The Boans. 



The roans are a mixture of various colours, where 

 the white predominates. Those that have a mix- 

 ture of the bay or nutuicg colour are sometimes to- 

 lerably handsome. Indeed, the roans are generally 

 better and stronger horses than they appear to be. 



1 08. The Dun. 



The dun, the fallow-colour, and the cream-colour, 

 have all one common resemblance ; and most of 

 them have a list down their backs, with their manes 

 and tails black. Dun-horses, though not handsome, 

 often prove useful; the fallow and cream-coloured 

 horses are often both good and beautiful. The fal- 

 lov7, or tawny dun, are sometimes faintly dappled, 

 and look well in a set, when properly matched, 

 The king's cream-coloured horses are bred in Hano- 

 ver, and seem to be a distinct breed from all others. 



There are a great variety of otlier colours, such as 

 the strawberry, the starling, the flee-bitten, and the 

 peach-colour ; but they are rather uncommon. In 

 Germany there are some horses finely spotted with 

 black, red, yellov/, and other gay colours, and which 

 sell for a high price as curiosities. 



