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ders. The body, taking the distance between the point of the 

 shoulder and the point of the buttock, is lengthy. The hind- 

 quarters are long and well turned, with a long croup and a 

 well set on and well carried tail. The trotting action of 

 Clevelands is low, resembling that of the thoroughbred in 

 style. The Cleveland Bays represent the biggest stamp of 

 carriage horse, and are. upstanding animals, possessing size and 

 substance, but they are frequently too big and heavy in build, 

 too coarse in a])pearance, aiid too deficient in quality to be re- 

 garded as carriage horses. They are suitable for doing farm 

 work, thougli, of course, they do not possess the same 

 powers of draught as heavy draught horses. In many cases, 

 Clevelands would suit the requirements of small holders as 

 well as any other kind of horse, seeing that they combine 

 suitability for farm work with suitability to perform work on 

 the road at a trotting pace, while the mares are, further, very 

 useful for breeding purposes. 



Cleveland Bays are often crossed with the thoroughbred, 

 and this cross produces both hunters and carriage horses. They 

 are also sometimes crossed with the Hackney, this cross result- 

 mg in the productiori of sho\vy and pretty big harness horses, 

 with good action, 



Yorkshire Coach Horses. — Yorkshire Coach Horses 

 are, like the Cleveland Bays, a Yorkshire breed of horses. 

 They are made upon much the same lines as Clevelands, but 

 they are lighter in build, show more quality, and look inore 

 blood-like than the latter. The Cleveland Bay furnished the 

 foundation stock from which the Yorkshire Coaching bieetl 

 Avas graduall}' evolved l)y crossing with the thorouglibi'ed. 

 Thus the Clevelands and Yorkshire Coachers are related to a 

 considerable extent. Yorkshire Coach horses are of the big 

 carriage horse type, being upstanding animals, and possessing 

 o'ood leno'th of bodv. The head of a Yorkshire Coacher is 

 smaller, and shows more quality than that of a Cleveland. 

 The shoulders should slope well, and are massive. The hind- 

 (piarters and the croup are long. The legs are clean. The 

 height of Yorkshire Coa.chers varies from 16.1 to lG.24y hands. 



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