The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1875-08-19
THE COLOR OF HORSES

THE COLOR OF HORSES.
A correspondent of the london Fieid
writes: A remark of Lord Calthorpe,
written IN letter which appeared in the
Times short while ago. deserves, |
think. some ventilation. He mentioned
horses of good COLOR and the ques-
ton that arises, is, what is a good color
The most prevailing color in England is
certainly bay; why this arises, | am un-
able to say. We must, therefore. believe
that the best horses are bays, without
proof. Some time after the Peninsula
war it was customary to have the troops
of one cavalry regiment in colors; but
the bay troops so far exceeded all the
other troops, that the distinctive colors
of troops were abolished throughout the
army, and only two regiments, the
Queens Bays, and the Scot, Grays, were
allowed to retain a distinctive color. 1t
was attempted to retain the Seventh ORA
COON Guards, as the BLACK Horse" but
that utterly failed. Since then, in the
days of the Crimean war, we have had
the gray and chestnut troops of horse ar
tillery. | do not allude to the black
troopers Of the household regiments. as
they are so well known to the world at
large, and are bred. chiefly in Lincoln
shire, especially for the purpose. The
French are fond of bays, but then they
must not have single white hair. The
Cleveland bays are well known. They
supplied the whole Of the carriage horses
of the nobility and leading gentry of the
last generation. They were slow, tall, hut
TaY~rraf tharpa l.-ac xr.-ll Tho 10
the cart horses of Cleveland, portion of
North Yorkshire, and were crossed with
the thoroughbred. If the produce was
heavy. after the dam. it reverted to her
state in the plough; if 1t took after the
sire it was promoted to the hunting field.
where they we're. wonderful 'lOpers."
The intermediate stage made the carriage
horse. The breed is now totally extinc.
Inc late Emperor Of the French had a
great fancy for these Cleveland bays.
and finally drained the district of the
few left. The chestnut is the favorlte
color of the Arabs. 1t is much liked bv
the Irish, and of course we all remember
the best horse on record eclipse was a
chestnut; but it must be allowed
that chestnUtS are more subject
to intirmitIes Of temper and
constitut on, especially in regard to their
eyes, than BAYS. the gravs are gener-
ally underlined. Gees tecribleS girls as
Napoleon called them, however did good
service at Waterloo. | do not remember
Of gray ever winning the Derby or
big race, = nor did [ ever see good
English gray in a hunting field, though
singular to say, some of the best hunters
in Ireland have been grays. Grays do
fairly in harness, and | consider a gray
and chestnut the prettiest match of
any. 10 blacks there are the same OBJ
Jectlons as to chestnHts -infrmity of
temper and constitution. They are more
liable to contracted feet and navicular
than other coiors, and the most vicious
horse | ever saw was a black, and that
was in the army. They are generally I'M
derbred, for | never remember seeing a
black race horse. Pray do not confound
blacks with black browns, OF which latter
color was old Voltigeur and there is
stallion now in Tipperary, Blue Peter.
getting some Of the finest hunting stock
ever saw. Blacks are very good for ag-
ricu tural purposes, and on AL the large
farms nowadays in Yorkshire and Lin
colnshlre black horses are alone
kept for use. Ny favorite
color Is dapple- brown-such a color as
the Flying Dutchrnan was, and old Nc
Orville, who got the best hunters IN Eng
land, and Slinge, who did ike good
office for Gould Ireland" In Dresden I
saw some beautiful rple-browns, short
legged, good action, admirably adapted
for mail phaetons. They had also some
splendid chestnut cart horses. with no
hair about their legs. There is a stud
farm at Mauriceberg. six miles from Ores
den. posite-cOlorcd horses, as pie
balds, black and white. skewbalds, chest
nut and white and greybaidS, two shades
of gray are always soft horses and are
only fit for Lady Scatter-carts or retired
theatrical ladies', nevertheless, remern-
Der one skewbald cob, a good bottomed
nag and good fencer; and in Come
mara. you may meet with duns, good
animals over an intricate country. Com
posite colors are loud" and consequent
ly vulgar. Let US taboo them from our
category The Editor of the Field,
adds: Gustavus (grav) won the Derby in
1921, and Chanticleer was a good race
horse, we have only to point to Grimaldi
and Peter Simple, III the early days of
steeple chasing, as magnificent hunters Of
that color; also to Saunterer as a first
class black race horse.
MES1LERIZIVG 4 COCK.
An experiment which it may amuse the