452 YORKSHIRE COACH-HORSES 



The coach-horse has rightly or wrongly been described as 

 an improved Cleveland. Springing from the same county, 

 there are good grounds for believing that the two breeds are 

 related through some of their progenitors. The high action 

 of the coach-horse would indicate that it may in the same 

 way claim kindred with the breed of trotting horses which 

 has aided in making Yorkshire famous as a horse-breeding 

 county. It is an established fact that much of the " quality " 

 of the coach-horse has been derived from the fountain-head of 

 " quality," the English " Thoroughbred," and from the breeds 

 from which the Thoroughbred was formed. On this point the 

 preface already quoted says : " Amongst the oldest noted 

 sires of celebrated coach-horses is ' Dunsley's Dart,' descended 

 on his sire's side from ' Barley's Arabian.' ' Dunsley's Dart ' was 

 the grandsire of ' Agar's Dart,' the sire of ' Rainbow,' after- 

 wards called ' King George IV.,' sold to Robert Thomas, of 

 Eryholme, Darlington, when seventeen years old, for .300." 

 " ' Harpham Twak,' said to be a small horse not more than 

 15.1, was a full-blood horse, his dam's sire going back to the 

 ' Darley Arabian.' " " ' Sawden's Active ' was by ' Jalap,' by 

 ' Regulus,' the winner of seven Royal plates in one year ; 

 whilst ' Lamplough's Victory,' from whom a host claim 

 descent, appears by conclusive evidence to have been sired 

 by * Trotting Jalap,' a son of ' Old Jalap,' which horse is 

 recorded in the Racing Stud Book as foaled in 1758. 

 The dam of ' King William ' (245), a horse which was in 

 service in 1840, was by ' Brutandorf/ and grandam by 'Old 

 Sandbeck,' were both recorded as full-blood horses, * Sand- 

 beck ' being the sire of ' Barbell/ the dam of ' Flying 

 Dutchman.' " 



The performances of the breed in the old coaching-days 

 are also worthy of notice : " Of the speed, power, and 

 endurance of these horses, we have recorded that ' Dread- 

 nought,' by 'Old Clothier,' won a trotting match for ;ioo, 

 carrying 16 stones 16 miles within the hour; 'Wonderful/ a 

 horse that obtained a high premium at Ripon Show in 1819, 

 had a brother, ' Peirson's Plato/ that trotted 18 miles within 

 the hour, carrying 18 stones; and Bevas Pullen's 'King 

 William ' trotted a mile in three minutes at Selby, carrying 

 14 stones." 



Like all breeds into which foreign blood has recently 



