260 CLEVELAND BAYS. 



Mention has already been made of Mr. Scoby's 

 famous mare Hannah, Slie was bred by her 

 owner, and is by Salesman, a horse with a good 

 deal of Cleveland blood in his veins, off a mare 

 that is a pure bred Cleveland, saving for one 

 cross, that of Candidate, a Yorkshire Coach horse. 

 She is a fine mare with a lot of power and very 

 good action, and is moreover a beautiful colour. 

 She is the premier matron in a small but select 

 stud which Mr. Scoby has formed during late 

 years, and in which Cleveland Bays predominate. 

 Mr. Scoby has long been a devoted admirer of 

 Shorthorns and Berkshire pigs, and has had a 

 fair amount of success with both, but if he gets a 

 few such mares about Beadlam Grange as Hannah, 

 the horses will soon eclipse the performances and 

 profits of the Thorndale Boses and Empress of 

 Yetholms, and the snug little farm near Nawton 

 will figure as one of the principal breeding estab- 

 lishments of Cleveland Bays and Coach horses. 



Some time about the end of 1883 Mr. Crowther 

 of Knowl Grove added one or two Coach horses 

 to the large stud of Shires Horse and Hackneys 

 which he had for some time had at Mirfield ; and 

 as they were judiciously purchased, they turned 

 out well for him and so encouraw-ed him to in- 

 crease operations in this direction. He soon put 

 up new boxes and got a nice lot of horses together, 

 with some of which he has been very successful 

 in the show ring. Amongst others he owns is 



