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towards them. Indeed, as a mount for ladies who 

 do not study the size of their horses, or for girls 

 and boys, the claims of the Arab should not be 

 overlooked. 



Harness Horses. 



Of course most varieties of horse are more or less 

 adapted for service between the shafts, but the 

 Cleveland Bay and the Yorkshire Coach Horse are 

 both the harness horses o( Englsind J>ar exce/knce, and 

 as such are entitled to special reference here. 



The Cleveland Bay, 



which is undoubtedly a very old breed, is more 

 generally to be found in Yorkshire than in other 

 parts of the country, but at the same time there are 

 many horses of the kind bred far away from York- 

 shire. He is a big upstanding animal showing plenty 

 of quahty for his inches, and he is a fine mover if 

 not unduly pressed, though a Cleveland Bay can 

 scarcely be regarded in the light of a saddle horse, 

 and he is therefore very seldom used for any but 

 draught purposes. According to Mr. W. Scarth 

 Dixon, in "Light Horses," * the Cleveland Bay stands 

 from 1 6. 1 hands to 16.3, and rarely exceeds the 

 latter or falls short of the former height. His head 

 is not one of his chief beauties, as it is inclined to be 

 plain, but it is long and well carried. The back 

 and loins are powerful, and his quarters long, level 

 and muscular, whilst his shoulders slope well, and 

 he stands on short, flat-boned legs. As regards his 

 action it cannot be contended that the Cleveland 

 Bay can approach the Hackney in the way of bend- 

 ing the knee, but the former breed uses his shoulders 



♦Live Stock Handbooks, "Light Horses: Breeds and 

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