CLEVELAND BAY 47 



A few breeders are producing them in America, although they 

 are not very generally known, and a record association has been 

 formed with R. P. Steriker, Janesville, Wis., secretary. The 

 Cleveland Bay is in color pure bay with black points. He stands 

 about 1 6 hands and weighs from 1 1 00 to 1 400 pounds. In 

 form he is between the Thoroughbred and the farm chunk, and 

 makes what might properly be called the " express type," varying 

 towards the carriage horse. He combines substance with mettle, 

 is a free mover with a load, and very docile and intelligent. Uni- 

 formity of color and conformation makes matched pairs easy to 

 produce. While they are valuable as coach horses and expressers, 

 their powers may be turned to all kinds of farm work. In a plow- 

 ing contest upon sod land for six consecutive days, a picked team 

 of Clevelands had a picked team of Clydesdales beaten so badly 

 at the end of the fourth day that the latter withdrew and paid the 

 wager. 



The Hackney 



In breeding the Hackney is similar to the Cleveland Bay. The 

 farmer's horse of a few centuries ago, carrying some Norwegian 

 blood, had been selected into a type known as the Norfolk Trotter. 

 Subsequent Thoroughbred crosses of the Hunter type increased 

 the snap and activity. Until recently the Hackney has been a 

 type or class rather than a pure breed. He has developed by 

 selection, for horse users have found that compactly made, full 

 muscled, upstanding, substantial animals, with lots of ginger and 

 action were about perfection for family use. The breed has grown 

 out of rigid selection of this type, and later the action has been 

 much emphasized. 



During the last quarter of the nineteenth century many Hack- 

 neys were imported to the United States, where they have become 

 widely distributed. Among the best studs in America may be 



" We had occasion to use (^ickmore's Qall Cure. *^o our surprise the 

 horse worked and got well. , Judson L. Davis, Ahington, III. " 



