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MANUAL OF MODERN FARRIERY 
Lincolnshire much attention has been paid to the purity of 
their large and stately blacks. They are peculiarly well 
adapted fir waggons and other heavy machines, but are 
defective in point of activity. In the above and adjoining 
counties considerable attention has been devoted to a smaller 
breed of blacks, for the purpose of cavalry horses. They 
are remarkable for their high action, a quality which, how¬ 
ever valuable in a draught-horse, is objectionable in a road¬ 
ster, their paces being disagreeable. Few racers or hunters 
of character have been known of this colour. 
Of all the colours, bays have been the best in this 
country. They are liable to many modifications of shade. 
Those which have no white about them, and whose limbs 
are black from the knees and the hocks to the feet, are the 
most desirable to possess, having in general good constitu¬ 
tions, and also well-formed feet. When they verge into 
the bay-brown, they are not so showy, nor is their action so 
good; but they will be found to be hardy, durable, and 
useful. They possess more substance than the lighter 
coloured bays, and have a greater depth of leg. If they 
happen to be high-bred, they will generally turn out good. 
There are three varieties of chestnuts. The lightest red, 
which is denominated sorrel, have too frequently white 
about either their feet or face. In general they are found 
to be light in the carcase, and possessing delicate constitu¬ 
tions, and for the most part are hot-tempered. Many of 
them, although light in the figure and tolerably well formed, 
are nevertheless totally devoid of good breeding, and cer¬ 
tainly incapable of endurance. If we have a predilection 
for chestnut, which is undoubtedly a showy colour, we must 
look to the lighter coloured horses with less of the red, and 
tending more to the bay or brown. The action of these 
horses is generally pleasant, but sometimes possessing irri- 
