Wilmington daily commercial., 1875-09-17
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4 correspondent Of the London I'hli Whites
remark of Lord Cuthorp, written in Il letter
which appeared in tie Tunes a short while ago,
deserves, think, some Ventilation. lie men
toned horses OF sot | color, aud the ques-
ton that arises is What If good color The
most prevailing color in England Is certainly
bay Why this arises | AN unable to say. We
must, therefore, belIsve the best horses are
baya, without proof. some time after the Pc
ninsulsr wal it was customary to have the troops
OF one cavalry regiment in colors but the bay
troops so far exceeded all the other troops. and
such difficulty existed in supplying the other
troops that the distinctive colors of troops were
| abolished throughout tho army, and only two
| regiments, the QHeen- Bays and the Scots
| GfaYs. were allowed to retain u distinct color.
| 1t WAS attempted to rotsin the Seventh Dragon
| Guards As tile " Black Horse, but that utterly
| failed since then, IN the days of the Crimoan
| war We have lad the gray and chestnut troops
| OF horse artillery. / do net allule to the bacA
| troopers Of tle household regiments as they ~ e
| 50 We'll known to the world At large and are
bred, cAiely ia i.ncolnshtC, especially FOR the
purpose.
Tie french are very fond OF bays, hnt then
they mIst not have a single white hair. Inc
Cleveland bays are well known. They suppned
the whole Of the carriage horses Of the nobility
and leading gentry OF the last generation. They
were slow, tall, but carried themselves well Tile
dams were the cart o.ses of Clevt liud, ror-
tion of North Yorkshire. and were crossed with
the thoroughbred. II the produce was heavy,
after tile daly 1t reverted to her state in the
plnw il it took after tho sire it was promoted to
the ''loopers, The intermediate stage made the
| carriage horse. The breed is now totally extinct.
The late emperor Of the French had great
fancy for these Cleveland Lays, aud finally
drained the district Of the few left. The chest
m, is the color Of tile Arabs. 1t is much liked
bY the Irish, aud Of course We all remember the
best horse on record (Eclipsc) was chestnut
bnt ID must be allowed that chestl L : fare mort
slbjcet to ihiirmities Of temper and constitution
especially in regard to their eyes, than bays.
The grays are generally underbrod. tts ttrft
tts 9riS, as NAPOLEON called them. however, die
, good service at Waterloo. | do not remember
gray ever winning the Derby or "big race;
nor did ! ever good English gray III q hunt
ing field, though, singular to say, some OF th
best hunters in ireland have been grays. Gray
do fairly in harness. and consider a gray and
chestnut the prettiest match of any. T. black
there are the same objections as to chestnuts-
niltmiiy Of temper and constitution. They ar
I more liable to contracted feet and nayicuar thai
other colors, and the most vicious horse | eve
saw was black, and that was in the army. The
g are generally underbred, for | never remembc
l seeing a black race horse. Pray do not conform
/ blacks with black browns, of which latter cole
was Old Noltigenr; and there is a stallion now i
= Tipperary, Line Peter getting some OF til
o finest hunting stock ever saw. Blacks are Yer
i good for agricultural purposes and ON All til
/. large farms nowadays in Yorkshire and Iineoi
slnre black horses are alone used.