CHAPTER XIII. 



ON COLOUE. 



At the completion of this little book on 

 the Horse, I Avas reminded that I had 

 said nothing on the subject of colour; but 

 this was rather as a matter of course, since 

 it has long been an accepted fact with 

 practical horsemen that colour has nothing 

 to do with either the animal's temperament 

 or his merits. 



In the older works upon the horse we 

 find an entirely contrary opinion prevailing, 

 and various attributes assigned to the animal 

 according to the colour of his coat. My 

 belief is that there was never anything in 

 it, and that the old saying that a good 

 horse cannot be a bad colour, is correct 

 enough. Most persons, however, have their 



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