16 THE DIFFERENT BREEDS. 



time they have been most carefully bred. They are espe- 

 cially desirable for family teams because of their fine style 

 and action, level heads and good disposition. They are 

 intelligent, sensible, good roadsters, and stylish. For this 

 .reason they are unexcelled as teams for wealthy city men 

 who are willing and able to pay a good price. 



THE YORKSHIRE BAY. 



Among the finest carriage horses in the world is the high- 

 class Yorkshire Bay, combining as he does the quality and 

 :grace of the Thoroughbred with the strength, color and beauty 

 of form of the Cleveland. He is an ideal of all that is mag- 

 nificent and useful in the carriage horse. His color is a rich, 

 shining bay ; his coat is as bright and fine and as glossy and 

 as iridescent as that of the race horse ; his legs, mane and 

 tail are raven black, setting off the splendor of his golden 

 color. He is strong and lengthy ; he stands over a great 

 deal of ground ; his top has the flowing lines of the Cleve- 

 land back and level quarter; his ribs are well sprung; he 

 carries his neat head and arched crest, as well as his high-set 

 tail, with all the pride and grace of an Arab, and no bearing- 

 rein is needed to make him bend. At rest and in action he 

 is a golden picture of stateliness. There may be other 

 breeds that lift the knee higher, Jbut the movement of the 

 Yorkshire Bay is fine and free ; it is not a mere snapping of 

 the knee and flexing of the hocks, but he moves smoothly, 

 evenly and with liberty from the shoulders and thighs ; step- 

 ping lightly and airily, yet with a long reach, he covers the 

 ground swiftly and with ease. 



The Yorkshire Bay is a created type. Its home is the 

 north and east ridings of Yorkshire. It has been formed by 

 selection and crossing the Cleveland directly or indirectly 

 with the Thoroughbred. 



