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produce greys. Ability to do so, within certain limits, lies 

 in their power. Two greys mated produce a foal the 

 colour of which, in all probability, will be grey; and it is 

 a well-established fact that to produce a grey foal one 

 parent must be a grey. Thus, by avoiding the use of a 

 grey parent, the chance of a grey foal is avoided. This 

 policy, having been pursued for many years, has, as its 

 natural result, the gradual disappearance of gre3's from 

 the Stud Book. 



Chestnut Hackneys 



Chestnut is a very common colour among horses 

 of this breed, and is steadily becoming more so. This is 

 easily explained when we glance at the " colour pedigree " 

 of the best modern Hackney stallions. Danegelt (foaled 

 1879), a most successful sire, was a whole-coloured dark 

 chestnut; his sire Denmark (foaled 1862) and his 

 grandsire Sir Charles (foaled 1843) were both chestnuts. 

 Performer (foaled 1840), the sire of Sir Charles, was a 

 brown ; the chestnut may be said to have lain dormant 

 for a few generations, as Performer traces back to 

 Jenkinson's Fireaway, whose sire Driver and grandsire 

 The Original Shales were both chestnuts. 



The success of chestnut Hackneys at the most 

 important shows held during recent years is a matter 

 of common knowledge; it has been noteworthy ever 

 since the date of the estabUshment of the Hackney 

 Horse Society in 1884. 



As a natural consequence, the services of these 

 chestnuts have been in great demand by breeders, and the 

 colour has been inherited, with other characteristics, by 

 their progeny. There can be no doubt but that chestnut 

 is an impressive colour ; in other words, that it has strong 



