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present time. Mr. Lett had been very successful 

 at the said show at Scarborough, and Mr. Brown, 

 on introducing himself, asked if he had any Cleve- 

 land Bays. Mr. Lett at that time had not devoted 

 much attention to coach-horses, or indeed to any- 

 thing but hunters, but he thought he knew of one 

 or two, and undertook to find them for Mr. 

 Brown. This he did, and so much to the latter 

 gentleman's satisfaction, that he has bought all 

 the Clevelands and Coach-horses he has required 

 from Mr. Lett from that time, if he was able to 

 supply him. 



The trade which Mr. Brown established in 

 America has grown with leaps and bounds, and 

 now where he used to import some six or eight 

 he will frequently take twenty-five or thirty over 

 at a time. 



Mr. Lett generally has from eighty to a 

 hundred stallions on sale at the Cleveland Stud 

 Farm at Billington, and although he seldom 

 shows a Cleveland Bay or a Coach-horse, he 

 pretty nearly always has something that would 

 make a good impression on the judges if taken 

 into the show-ring. The best horse he ever had 

 of this breed was one he purchased of Mr James 

 Hindson when a yearling, some fifteen years ago, 

 and for which he gave the then unheard of sum 

 of £100. 



Mr. Lett, whose establishment is of an all 

 round character, always has a few good Shire 



