THE HEAVY-HARNESS BREEDS OF HORSES 71 



variety of types. It would seem that the advocates of 

 the breed would do well to clarify in some permanent 

 way this apparent confusion of names. 



CLEVELAND BAY AND YORKSHIRE COACH HORSE. Figs. 



12, 13. 



By John A. Craig 



79. The Yorkshire Coach horse is an outgrowth of the 

 Cleveland Bay Coach horse, conceded to be merely an 

 improved type. The two are so inseparably associated 

 that it is deemed best to consider them together. In 

 fact, in America, they are considered to be one breed and 

 are registered in the same stud-book. 



80. History in Great Britain. Perhaps the best 

 evidence we have of the ancient origin of this breed is the 

 prevalence of so many theories as to the foundation from 

 which it started. Martin Doyle, writing in 1843, asserts 

 that it is descended from the old war horse of Great 

 Britain. There are other authorities, also, who state 

 that this breed has the best claim to the distinction of 

 being related to the horses that pulled the war chariots 

 of the early Britons when Julius Csesar invaded England. 

 As a matter of fact the first records of the Cleveland 

 horse connect it with being a pack or Chapman horse. 



It is historically certain that the breed originated in 

 Yorkshire, one of the northern counties of England. 

 The conditions of Yorkshire were eminently suitable for 

 the production of superior light horses. The people 

 were horsemen, and the fertile valleys and hills, under- 

 laid in the best grazing districts with limestone, were very 

 productive of nutritious grass. 



