CHAPTER VIIL 



CLEVELAND BAYS. 



The Coach Horse — Cleveland Bays — Origin — 

 Some Old Breeders — Pioneers of the American 

 Trade— Mr. G. E. Brown— Mr. Lett — Some Famous 

 Hunters — Coquette — The Cleveland Stud Farm — 

 Mr. John Kirby and Billy — Flora and her Pro- 

 duce — Mr. Scoby's Hannah -Messrs. Stericker — 

 Mr. Crowther's Stud — Mr. Brigham's Rakeaway. 



Where Cleveland Hills in vernal charms are seen, 

 Clothed with the velvet of unfading green, 

 The noblest stock of England's far-famed steeds, 

 With lavish care the thriving farmer breeds. 

 By sires for fleetness, and for courage known. 

 From mares for strength and symmetry, and bone ; 

 Bred for power, and all unstained with white, 

 Black-legged and bay, just as the ruby's bright. 



Sir J. D. Panl. 



North and East Yorkshire have for many 

 years had a liigh reputation for the excellent 

 breed of carriage horses which exists there, a 

 reputation which is by no means local, but which 

 extends over the civilized world. To so great an 

 extent is the breeding of Coach-horses carried in 



