246 A TREATISE ON HORSE-BREEDING, 



the newly-appointed omnibuses which have been started by 

 the railway companies in London, and for which the cheaper 

 French horses hitherto used are neither strong 1 enough nor 

 fast enough, It is remarkable that the railway companies, 

 which took the old Cleveland horse's occupation away, should 

 be among the first to give it back again in a different form; 

 but it is plain enough to anyone who will give the necessary 

 attention to the subject that the light van work of the new 

 heavy omnibus work of the metropolis is bringing to London 

 a lot of very superior and valuable horses from the northern 

 breeding" districts, which to all appearances have the old 

 Cleveland blood for their basis, and which obtain their speed 

 and style from the judicious use of the blood of the thor- 

 oughbred stallion. 



This seems to leave no room for doubt that 

 the Cleveland Bay of to-day has been or is being 

 created, as was the breed when it was formerly 

 considered a breed, by a mingling of the blood 

 of the thoroughbred race horse with that of the 

 large bay mares of Yorkshire. There is still 

 much stock remaining in that region possessing 

 the old Cleveland Bay characteristics, and it is 

 evident that the same course of breeding which 

 originally formed the breed may speedily restore 

 it if the work has not already been done 

 from the material remaining in that country. 

 Whatever of this material there may yet be in 

 existence in Yorkshire and elsewhere in Eng- 

 land will no doubt be utilized for this purpose, 

 and to this end the new Cleveland Stud Book, 

 which was inaugurated in 1884, will doubtless 

 be of great service. 



