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and strawberry-roan Horses show only vestiges of spots, either black in the 

 roan, or brown in the strawberry-roan. 



No. 15. — The nearest approach I have yet seen to Leopard spots in the 

 Horse was in a dark-brown Horse with lighter spots ; if some parts were cut 

 out, they might have been passed off as parts of a black Leopard. 



No. 16. — A dun-coloured Horse, seven years old, in a hansom, had three or 

 four Zebra stripes above his wrist, and similar, but fainter ones, above his 

 heel. 



No. 17. — A dappled grey Horse had black lines across the upper part of 

 fore-legs, corresponding to the transverse veins ; a little more decision in the 

 colour might easily turn them into Zebra stripes. 



No. 18. — A white Pony had his mouth, circles round his eyes, and circlets 

 just above the four hoofs, all of a yellow or golden bay colour. 



No. 19. — A dun-coloured omnibus Horse had a black line down his spine, 

 and two narrow stripes on his withers. 



No. 20. — A bay Horse with white blotches and spots somewhat similar to 

 those of Fig. 37. 



No. 21. — A bay or black Horse with a white mane and tail is not common, 

 but sometimes it is met with ; dun and cream-coloured Horses with a white 

 mane and tail are more common. 



No. 22. — A brown omnibus Horse with black spots. 



No. 23. — A jet-black Horse, of the kind used in funerals, had no vestige of 

 spots, but its hind-feet were white. It is rare to see jet-black funeral Horses 

 with traces of spots on their hindquarters, but I have seen some which had 

 them. 



No. 24. — A strawberry-roan omnibus Horse, iteuily clipped, showed closely- 

 set rosettes like those of the Jaguar (see Fig. 56 {a)), consisting of a largish 

 dapple surrounded by a circle of small spots. This was the most satisfactory 

 example of true rosettes in the Horse. Others of a similar character are some- 

 times seen here and there on the Horse. Usually the rosettes are /z/j^i^ into 

 dapples. 



No. 25.— In some dark-grey Horses the white spots are almost effaced, 

 and are as faint as the spots on the legs of adult Lions. 



No. 26. — A bay Horse with faint black spots. 



No. 27. — A white carriage Horse, spotted black on its shoulder, neck, and 

 fore-legs. The spots were not unlike those of the Cheetah. On the head it 

 had brown blotches. 



No. 28. — Now and again a light bay Horse is seen with true rosettes on its 

 flank, almost exactly like those of a Leopard, but close together, and with all 

 the component spotlets distinct. 



No. 29. — A black carriage Horse with a black star on a white blaze. 



