260 ON COLOUR. 



times will come out the m.ost curious an( 



unexpected colour on being clipped. On^ 



pony I was riding turned out a blue 



while another, which the lady who later di( 



me the honour to become my wife was drivim 



at the same time, became a pink one ; th 



latter in his normal condition beins a ver 



light dun, or cream colour ; mine a du: 



of a deeper shade. Dun, by the way, i 



not a bad colour for a cob or pony, an 



it is said that when there is a list c 



stripe along the spine of a darker shad( 



the animal is sure to be a good on( 



Greys are far less common in Englan 



than they itsed to be, and have almos 



disappeared from our thoroughbred stock 



which is a curious fact, since it was, an 



is still, one of the commonest colours i 



the Arab. It is still very prevalent i 



Prance; in some parts you see scarce] 



anything but greys, due, no doubt, to tl 



Percheron and Poitevin breeds, which 



