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use of Thoroughbred blood, and that resulted in the type 

 more commonly known by the name of the Yorkshire 

 coach horse. To indicate the tendency of the change, the 

 following extract from the Yorkshire Coach Stud-book 

 will be of service : "It cannot be claimed for the York- 

 shire coach horse that he is a pure-bred animal, but that, 

 on the contrary, by the judicious crossing of large-sized 

 good-colored mares with stallions altogether or nearly 

 Thoroughbred, a class of horses has been produced suited 

 to the wants and circumstances of the times. By univer- 

 sal consent, the color should be bay or brown, with black 

 eyes, mane and tail abundant but not curly, the height 

 from sixteen hands to sixteen hands two inches, with 

 fine head, sloping shoulders, strong loins, and lengthy 

 quarters, high-stepping action, good sound feet, flat legs 

 and abundance of bone and muscle." 



83. Uses of the Cleveland Bay horse. Enough has 

 been said to indicate the place of the Cleveland Bay as 

 a coach horse. It has found some favor as a roadster, 

 especially in England. These horses are very uniform 

 in color and markings, and they are very prepotent in 

 transmitting these characters when crossed on common 

 mares. Because of this their get is uniform and easily 

 matched into teams. Their size and power and dis- 

 position adapt them for some of the work of the farm 

 better than is the case with any of the other breeds of 

 light horses; but, owing to their deficiency in quality 

 and action, they have not been generally popular in Ainer- 

 ican horse-breeding districts. 



84. Distribution. The Cleveland Bay horse has en- 

 joyed some popularity, notably in South Africa. Aside 

 from importations into America, the horse has been taken 

 to South America, Australia and Sweden. 



