106 THE HORSE 



For the big, lengthy carriage-horse the Cleveland Bay and 

 the Yorkshire Coach-horse fulfil all requirements — the former 

 when a massive animal is required for a heavy load, 

 more especially for artillerj^ and transport service, and 

 the latter when more pace is desired in a somewhat 

 lighter vehicle. The Cleveland Bay originated in the 

 Cleveland district of Yorkshire — celebrated for its iron- 

 stone mines, which caused the rapid growth of the town 

 of Middlesbrough, with its smelting furnaces and other 

 works. The Cleveland Bays were the horses of the district, 

 available alike for the saddle or the carriage, and doing 

 the ordinary daily work of the farm. They crossed well 

 with thoroughbred horses, and in that way many superior 

 weight-carrying hunters were bred, while they often made 

 an excellent foundation on which to raise generations of 

 hunters, by the continued use of well-bred sires. They 

 were a hardy breed, full of courage and endurance, and 

 very docile. The " Yorkshire Coach-horse Stud Book," 

 vol. i. p. 9, states : " It is claimed these Cleveland horses 

 are a pure breed, clear of both blood and black." 



To be eligible for the Cleveland Bay Stud Book, the 

 standard required is 16 hands to 16.2, and bay colour 

 without white. The address of the Secretary is Field 

 House, Marton, S.O., Yorkshire. 



Yorkshire Coach-horse. 



There were many persons, however, who came to the 

 conclusion that the Cleveland Bay was too heavily built, and, 

 with the old coach-horses in their mind, desired to form 

 a society for breeding a higher-bred type, the outcome being 

 the formation of the Yorkshire Coach-horse Society. It 

 was then ordained that the first volume of their Stud Book 

 should " contain the pedigree of stallions foaled previously 

 to the 1st of January, 1883, such pedigrees being satis- 

 factory to the Council," while Rule 33 ordained: "No 

 horse shall be registered in the Stud Book unless bred in 

 the United Kingdom"; and Rule 34: "The expression 

 'horse' includes stallion and mare." 



