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farm and general-purpose horse, and when old enough for market 

 finds ready sale at high prices. The demand for them is not confined 

 to one or a few localities, but comes from all parts of the United 

 States." 



With reference to the two classes under notice, the following remarks 

 taken from Mr. William A. Blew's report on the horses exhibited at 

 the Windsor Show (1889) are of interest : 



" The Cleveland Bay is entitled to respect, for he has an individuality 

 of his own. Scan a Cleveland Bay, or his near relation the Yorkshire 

 Coach Horse, as narrowly as you please, and you will soon see that, in 

 many material points, he bears no resemblance to the thoroughbred or 



Fig. 80. Yorkshire Coach Horse, "Lord Chancellor" (265). 



hackney ; and in looking over the coaching classes, shoulders, backs, 

 loins, and quarters must not be regarded as though one were examining 

 a hunter. It is further necessary to bear in mind that the Cleveland 

 Bay's mission in life is not to trot a mile in three minutes in a buggy 

 or dogcart, but to comport himself with stateliness and dignity in the 

 rarely seen Gee-spring chariot and the full-sized landau. I must not, 

 however, be understood to even suggest that the Cleveland Bay has no 

 pace, for the speed at which the Royal carriages invariably travel 

 sufficiently proves the contrary ; but his chief use is for harness work, 

 where action, imposing appearance, and strength are required. 



" A near relation of the Cleveland Bay is the Yorkshire Coach Horse, 

 which, in spite of its Society, can scarcely be deemed a distinct breed, 

 inasmuch as it is admitted that a strain of fresh blood is required every 

 now and again to counteract the natural tendency to become leggy. 

 The opinions of a Southerner are obviously of little worth, but I 



