The influence which colour exercises on the hardiness of an animal has never really been tested. In horse-breeding the brown, the bay, the grey, and the dun are supposed to be indicative of the more enduring typec, but white is not, as is «o often . apposed, indicative of lack of constitution. Chestnut is a common colour in horses, and in some breeds it is not favoured."* The Shire man does not care for it, arid it is not favoured by pony breeders. ' On the other hand, the Suffolk is a chestnut, and most of the Hackneys Kb of this jihaile.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LII, Issue 15932, 1 June 1915, Page 12
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