Liberty advocate. [volume] (Liberty, Miss.) 1835-1866, 1839-11-14

once been grey, and growing white after reach
ing the age Of four or five years. Among the A
4 rabans, pure white mare is considered almost
priceless; as in that case the purity other blood
and her direct descent from the celebrated
steed OF the prophet cannot be- doubted. Those
| of the best blood are not large, but beautiful in
i the extreme, and as gentle and doce as lambs.
introduced inio Europe, they have proved Of
\ good cons tuition, little subject TO disease, not
of the ilee,cs kind or the greatest endurance,
but excellent for light carriages or the saddles
1 Grey horses can be found of every shade,
I from the lghlest mixture, or silver grey, to
the dark iron grey The Iightest grcys show
the most clearly their blood OF the Alab or barb;
are rarely heavier horses, but we'll built, round
bodicd,a nd like those from which they Original
ted, better for the saddle than the harness.
The mixture Of blood docs not, however, APP
pear 70 have improved their temper, though it
CIR = IS has rendered them more hardy. The
| iron crews have still more endurance than the
light greys, and more than their general APP
pearance wauld Indicate, as there is in their
build usually quite departure from the round
curcaSe and close knit frame Of the preceding
ones The Most common defect in the iron
grey is found in the liability OF the feet to con-
traction, which sometimes, though not always,
renders them subject to lamencss. The dap
pleI grey is usually one OF the most beautiful
and valuable Of the grey horses, being better
built than the iron grey, and capable OF more
endurance than the lighter kinds For any
Ipurposo-ior the saddle or the carriage, the
farm or the road, they are few better horses
than can be found among the dappId grey, and
much pains has been taken TO improve their
blood. dark dapplcd grey usually retains
his color to old age; the lighter ones grow
lighter as they become older. The grey re-
Iqures to be thoroughly broken, and will bear
less trfng with than most other horses, APP
pearing to have a tinge of vciousness in his
disposition, which, unless checked, is apt to be-
come troublesome with age.
Roam horses are such as have their hair
composed Of the white, bay, or red, and the
black; and it, of course, admits OF great va
riety of shades. In some roam horses the mix
ture appears TO be a natural one, the hairs OF
the different colors ntermXed, while in other
cases the bay or the black appears to have
4 been sprinkled over the others. In such roans
the Individual hairs are frequently Of moro
than one color. Roans are generally pretty
horses, good tempered, but are not remarkable
for enducance The strawberry roam is mix
but not calculated for hard labor or severe ia
tiguc. Pied horses are not SO we'll liked as greys
for roans, but when we'll matched, they some
times appear we'll as carriage horses. Their
value, of course, depends on their breed. The
cream-colored, or Hanoverian horse, is remark
able for tue white iris and red pupil of his eye,
and is appropriated to the use Of the royal
family in England. He has heavy, yet per-
! boIu al n rh nn inn
there is no experience to show whether he
would be valuable for any other than light SER
vice assigned him.
The dun horse, especially Of the larger size,
! is much esteemed in England as a good farm
or milIer's horse, constitution and temper good,
feeding we'll, somewhat Of a drone in his move
ments, Of tolerable strength, and on the whole
a useful horse. Some duns are shaded or dap
pied with spots Of darker color; and these
having better blood, and more action and life,
are much sought after as ladies' horses, being
beautiful and manageable The chestnut hor-
SEES are divided into three varieties the light
est, or the sorrel, usually having more or less
white on the face or legs, and generally slen-
IderIy made They have, as a whole, little
breeding and are deficient in hardhood. The
next variety has less red, and more bay or
:
though pleasant to ride, as in the harness in
clined to be fretlul, and of slight endurance;
4 compared with some other horses The dark
chesnut is as different from the foregoing as
possible; fine in the leg, round built, powerful
lin the harness, of an excellent constitution and
endurauce, little troubled with disease, unless
about the feet, but sometimes having fiery
and untractable tcmber. This kind Of horse
lis much esteemed as a carriage horse, and
when we'll broken, is one of the best horses on
the farm.
Il OF all colors, however, the bay horse is the
most generally and deservedly esteemed, and
in their several varieties they include our We
., ry best horses Of every kind, carriage, road,
; farm, or turf OF bays, the lightest colored
are considered the least valuable, showing less
breeding, and being less hardy. The proper
/ bay horse, with no white about him, black
iron the knee and hooks to the feet, tho hoofs
of shining black, is the lavorite color, has
generally good constitution, rarely affected
with bad or tender hools, and if not faulty IN
other respects, will turn out valuable horse
for almost every purpose. AS the bay ap-3
r proaches the brown, there is usually less show
: and action, but increased strength and hardI-
f ness: aud for hard farm work, perhaps morel
t usefulness. This class has usually more subj
f stance than the lighter bays, and were the
4 same pains taken in breeding, might be made
9 as handsome horse, and for ordinary purpo'l
: scs, more valuable.
: Brown is not a fashionable color, and nor
q horses, as body, have so little breeding az
!. these. Owing to this, they are comparatively
i course animals; ard though there are some