THE CLEVELAND BAY AND VAN HORSE 71 



clean and the joints of the best. About a hundred years 

 ago three noted f amihes of Cleveland Bay horses are said 

 to have existed, viz. the ** Dart," the " Barley Harvest 

 Horse," and the " Hoghill Horse." The two last-named, 

 it is said, were foaled just before the end of the eighteenth 

 century, and these famiUes are usually regarded as the 

 foundation stone of the modern Cleveland. A Cleveland 

 Bay contains a good deal of thoroughbred blood in it, 

 and it resembles the race-horse in its configuration, 

 although it is a much heavier type of animal. In every 

 feature it re-echoes the true type of a coach horse, and 

 this is one reason why the demand for the breed is com- 

 paratively small. It is very questionable, so far as Great 

 Britain is concerned, whether the Cleveland Bay will ever 

 occupy a prominent position. In some of the Colonies 

 the breed has been introduced, and we believe with 

 satisfactory results. As regards soundness and durability, 

 everything is in favour of it. 



The Light Van and the Tradesman's Horse 



Very few words are necessary when speaking of the 

 light van horse and one suitable for the Hghter work of 

 the tradesman. As a rule a nondescript type of horse 

 fills the gap, it being exceptional, certainly not the rule, 

 to find a settled type of horse running in harness and 

 doing the work of the small trader. Cobs and ponies, 

 without any qualification beyond the possession of four 

 limbs and an animated body, very often represent the 

 type of horse now under consideration. One can hardly 

 expect the average tradesman to possess very much 

 knowledge of horse-flesh, and what little is possessed is 

 often more misleading than helpful. Improper treatment 

 and careless handling interlinked with a certain amount 

 of ignorance are mainly responsible for the indifferent 

 class of horse one so frequently sees doing their jobs in 

 town and country. There is no reason why the tradesman 



