262 CLEVELAND BAYS. 



green cutaway coat with brass buttons and pithy 

 sayinys were famihar to all frequenters of the 

 Yorkshire show-yards. The result of this cross 

 was Young Bonny, the oldest Cleveland Bay 

 mare Mr. Brigham owns. He has some five or 

 six mares, all of which work on the farm, and has 

 been at great trouble to send his mares to pure 

 bred horses, no matter how far they were off, 

 and this also at a time when Cleveland Bays 

 were despised and considered played out. 



The seven-year-old Brisk is perhaps the best 

 mare at Slingsby. She is rather on the small 

 side, but is a nice short- legged mare, with good 

 head and neck and nice quality, and she has 

 plenty of good flat bone. She has well placed 

 shoulders, a short strong back, and level quarters, 

 her tail coming well out. She is also a ca2:»ital 

 breeder, and if somewhat little herself, the same 

 fault cannot be found with her offspring. There 

 are some big useful colts from her, and Mr. 

 Brigham, who takes an active interest in the 

 breeding of all classes of stock, has been well 

 rewarded for his perseverance in sticking to the 

 old breed in the days of their neglect. 



It is interesting to trace the history of the half- 

 bred filly by Camillus. She was put to Bob 

 Logic and bred a filly, and this filly again had a 

 filly to Flatcatcher. The Flatcatcher mare was 

 sent to Canute and bred a useful horse named 

 Rakeaway, a big bay horse with a somewhat 



