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land Bay still existed as a distinct breed in that 

 country. He replied in substance that of late 

 a demand for the old sort of Cleveland Bays 

 had sprung up, and the breed was in a fair way 

 to be resuscitated. He thought there was ma- 

 terial enough left to operate on, and stated, to 

 quote his exact words, that u the Cleveland is 

 undoubtedly the produce of the thoroughbred 

 horse (race horse or hunting stallion) on the 

 North country cart mares; this was the origin 

 of the breed, and it was created for coaching 

 purposes. The coaches, toward the last, re- 

 quired faster horses, and these were superseded 

 by the railway. So the Cleveland fell into 

 desuetude. Now they are wanted again for fast, 

 heavy town work. If a stud book were started 

 we should see that material was in existence." 

 He added that he would agitate the question in 

 England. 



A week or two later there appeared in his 

 paper, the Mark Lane Express, the following: 



In reply to a. question from a correspondent in the United 

 States as to the present status of the Cleveland breed of 

 horses in this country, we are of opinion that there is ma- 

 terial enough left, especially in Yorkshire, to form the basis 

 of a herd book and a very profitable breeders' industry. The 

 railway locomotive drove the old Cleveland Bay horse off 

 the road, but the more modern type of Cleveland horse, or 

 at all events Yorkshire-bred horses of the Cleveland stamp, 

 with rather more of the thoroughbred stallion's influence 

 apparent, are precisely the cattle that are to be seen in the 

 use of railway companies for their lighter work, especially 



