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purity and to put the breed in proper relation to the public. 

 Even this, however, did not give such impetus to its develop- 

 ment as might have been anticipated. At the 1885 show of the 

 Royal Agricultural Society, held in the county of York right 

 where the breed is supposed to be strongest, but one entry of a 

 Cleveland Bay was made, a mare and foal. At the 1900 exhibit 

 of the Royal Society, again held at York, a very good show of 

 Clevelands was made, forty-one head being entered. Since then 



FIG. 33. Special Delight. Champion Cleveland Bay stallion at the Royal 

 Agricultural Society Show of England, 1904. Photograph from William 

 Cooper & Nephews, Berkamsted, England 



some quite creditable exhibits have been made at various Eng- 

 lish shows. This indicates some progress, still the breed cannot 

 to-day be regarded as common in England. 



The Cleveland Bay in America must be regarded almost in the 

 light of a failure. Along in the eighties quite a number were 

 imported, and in 1885 the Cleveland Bay Horse Society of 

 America was organized at Chicago. At one time Stericker 

 Bros., then of Springfield, Illinois, had a large stud of this 



