100 The Horse-hreeding Industry in Yorhslni'e. 



breeder of many notahle show horses, and sells extensively to 

 exhil)itors. The well-known Lord and Lady Seaton, which 

 have been shown so successfully by Judge Moore, of inter- 

 national show-ring fame, came from his stud, and many of the 

 harness ponies lirought out l)y Mr. Foster, of Mel Valley, were 

 bred here, among them Flame, a great winner last year. 



Another Hackney stud of prominent reputation is that of 

 the Halls, father and sons, at Copmanthorpe, in the West 

 Riding, not far from York. Mr. Thomas Hall, now living in 

 retirement, originally started breeding Hackneys at Hanging 

 Grimston, in the Wold country, near North Grimston, 

 and there esta])lished his stud on a good foundation by buying 

 Gartoii Duke of Connaught. Subsequently he transferred it 

 to Langton (near Malton). a place of historical interest in the 

 annals of the turf, being near the training ground used in 

 John Scott's time. Now it also forms a link in Hackney 

 history, for Langton Performer and other good Hackneys 

 with the prefix " Langton " were bred here by the Halls. 

 From there the stud once again migrated to Copman- 

 thorpe, Avhere, at the present, it is run by Mr. Arthur Hall. 

 Old Garton Duke of Connaught still stands here. Though 

 twenty -three years old, he looks fresh enough to pass 

 for a much younger horse. His two companions at the 

 stud are his son, Copmanthor2Je Performer, bred ])y Mr. 

 George Hall, and St. Thomas, both w^ell-known stud horses 

 in Yorkshire, and with a successful show career to their 

 credit. Many winners have come from this stud, including 

 Lord Grimston, Langton, Lady Helmsley, Langton Masher, 

 Dan Leno, All Serene, and Langton Performer, allude<^l 

 to above, who was sold for 2,500Z., and subsequently changed 

 hands again for 5,000/. to go to America. Dan I^eno was 

 bought for export to Holland at a big price, and All Serene 

 now stands at the Nork Park stud, Epsom Downs, Surrey, 

 owned by Mrs. Frederick E. Colman. 



Intimately connected with the Yorkshire Hackne,y breeding 

 industry is the name of Mr. F. W. Buttle, of Kirkburn, 

 near Driffield, and formerly of Thirklebj-, Wharram, who 

 owns the two noted stallions, Rosador and Kirkburn 

 Toreador, both Champion winners at the London Hackney 

 Show. One of the original foundation mares of Mr. Buttle's 

 stud was Jessie, which he got from his uncle, the late 

 F. Cook, of Thixendale, who possessed an old strain of 

 Hackneys descended from the Ramsdale trotters. From her 

 he bred another leading bi-ood mare of his, named Posaliud, in 

 1881, and in 1892 she produced Rosador to Danegelt. Rosador 

 has made a great mark as a sire, and sired a Champion — either 

 stallion or mare — at the Islington Show for the last eleven 



