different colours of the horses from which they were so 

 much more recently descended. * 



The Arabs, Barbs, and Turks imported into England 

 from James I.'s time onwards,* were very variously 

 coloured. The names of the horses frequently include 

 indication of their colour ; and from this we discover — 

 Grey (i6). Bay (ii). Chestnut (8), Black (4), Dun or 

 Yellow (3), White (2), Brown (2), Roan (2), Piebald or 

 Parti-coloured (2),+ Bay Roan (i). 



This list only accounts for under one-third the total 

 number of horses enumerated by Mr. Osborne ; and, 

 could we carry investigation farther, no doubt we should 

 find that the undescribed horses included a very large 

 proportion of bays. A most important instance is the 

 Godolphin Arabian (imported 1724), elsewhere described 

 as " a brown bay with some white on off hind heel." 

 This famous horse, the bay Darley Arabian (imported 

 1706) and the black Kyerly Turk (imported i58g) are, 

 as is well-known, the three great " foundation sires " 

 whose blood is found in the pedigrees of all our modern 

 race-horses. 



Grey Race- Horses 



In former days, grey horses were very strongly repre- 

 sented on every racecourse. During the earlier part 

 of the eighteenth century greys were the most successful 

 horses on the Turf, and the latter part of the same period, 

 1760- 1800, saw some of the best grey horses that ever 

 ran. More detailed reference may be made to some of 

 the more famous grey horses. 



* See the List of Importations in The JIorse-Breedan' Hand-Book. 

 By Jos. Osborne. 



t The Bloody-shouldered Arabian and Bloody Buttocks Arabian. 



