ON COLOUR. 265 



him of what is certainly the case — that it 

 is of far greater importance that they should 

 be of similar stamp, action, and pace, than 

 either that they should match in colour or 

 be free from white markings. I rather like 

 a mixed team myself. A bay, for instance, 

 generally looks well alongside a black, 

 brown, chestnut, roan, or grey, provided 

 both animals are of like character and step 

 well together. 



In breeding, the foal is in a great majority 

 of cases the same colour as one or other 

 of its parents, but I do not think it is 

 more likely to resemble one than the other. 

 No instance, I believe, has been known of two 

 chestnuts producing anything but a chest- 

 nut; but it was perhaps unusual that a 

 dark bay mare of mine mated with a very 

 dark chestnut horse should have produced 

 a bright golden chestnut, much lighter than 

 either parent. 



