and stamina, and the disappearance of the 

 Cleveland breed and the Hackney of the 

 'thirties. Many influences had been at work 

 to bring about the regrettable change in the 

 stock of the country. 



The spread of railways had put an end to 

 the demand for coach horses and roadsters, 

 and the men who used to ride everywhere 

 in the old days had given up their hardy and 

 enduring saddle horses for the more luxurious 

 seat in the train. At the same time buyers 

 from France, Germany, and other Con- 

 tinental countries, having discovered the 

 willingness of English breeders to part 

 with their breeding stock if sufficiently 

 tempted, purchased every good mare money 

 could command. 



Again, the craze for height had done 

 something to impair the merits of what 

 roadsters the foreigners left us. The Cleve- 

 lands were ruined by crossing with leggy 

 inferior thoroughbreds, whose sole recom- 

 mendation consisted in their height at the 

 shoulder and which were wanting in every 

 useful quality. 



The value of the half-bred hunter was 

 also insisted on by Lord Cathcart's corres- 

 pondents all of them men who had right 

 to form an opinion. Mr. Sax Maynard,. 



