258 ON COLOUR. 



and brightish bay, with legs, mane, and tail of 

 the same colour, which made her look as much 

 like a chestnut as a bay, and as a chestnut 

 I remember she was entered. A positively 

 black horse, except among the Shire and 

 Clydesdale breeds, is now somewhat rare. 

 A real black is distinguished by a bluish 

 tint in the higher lights ; but what used to 

 be termed a "mulberry" black — i.e., a black 

 of warmer hue tending to deep ruddy brown 

 on the flanks, the colour in fact of a ripe 

 mulberry — is less uncommon, and is a very 

 handsome colour. The most noticeable thing 

 has been, during the last few decades, 

 the increased prevalence of chestnut, due 

 undoubtedly to the more general use of 

 pure blood. 



In a show-yard class of hunters, or in 

 the field for a race, chestnut is now as often 

 as not the predominant colour. This again 

 has a most extensive gradation of tints, 

 ranging from sorrel, as it used to be called 



