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speed, and transmitted from sire to son with as much 

 certainty as the reverse now are ; only in order to 

 have the chances on your side for procuring these 

 advantages, both sire and dam must he in full posses- 

 sion of all these indispensable qualifications at the 

 moment they are sent to the stud. By strict attention 

 the most beautiful harmonizing colours, combined 

 with the much desired, but seldom found, graceful 

 carriage of head and tail, might as certainly be 

 produced and transmitted into the bargain. A golden 

 chesnut, for instance, with milk-white hind legs, 

 pleases the eye ; but a darker chesnut, if he should 

 have a mealy and lighter shade of leg than the body, 

 does not. A rich dark, or bright bay, with black 

 points, is no doubt handsomer than either of these 

 colours with lighter points. A stylish roan, with tan 

 muzzle, black mane and tail, and black points, is 

 much admired for harness, though this colour is rare in 

 the thorough-bred. A black horse is no doubt preferred 

 with black points. A dark brown also with ditto, though 

 a tan muzzle and white star on the forehead, is thought 

 to improve this last. A light brown, or the mouse 

 colour when a horse is clipped, verges on the ugly. 



A report is gaining ground that a posse of owners 

 of hundreds of acres are contemplating the advocacy 

 in Parliament of our Cavalry being mounted on 



