250 CLEVELAND BAYS. 



she was shown as a yearling. She won as a two- 

 year-old, and was second in the three-year-old 

 class when she had a foal sucking her. At 

 Middlesbrough the following year she was " left 

 out in the cold," the only time she ever suffered 

 such an indignity ; but at Guisbrough, next year, 

 she won in a good class, beating nineteen others, 

 amongst them many famous winners. From this 

 time she was either first or second every time she 

 was shown, and had her owner kept an accurate 

 record of her victories she would doubtless have 

 compared favourably Avith any of the famous 

 mares of the breed. 



She bred sixteen foals, nine of them to 

 thoroughbred horses. Of the pure Clevelands 

 she bred six were kept as stallions, and five of 

 them were sold at good prices. Master Thomas 

 was the first of her offspring which was kept as a 

 sire, and was bought by Mr. Olde to take into 

 Belgium when three-years-old, the price being 

 £100. 



Lord of the Manor, by Wonderful Lad, was 

 a nice qualitied horse and a fine goer. Mr. 

 Holmes, of Beverley, the celebrated Vetinary 

 Surgeon, bought him for £200, and subsequently 

 sold him to go to India for £400, 



Then came two horses named Brilliant, the 

 elder by Wonderful Lad, and the younger by 

 Yatton Lad. The former was purchased by 

 Admiral Chaloner, when a yearling, for Earl 



