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and stamina, and the disappearance of the 
Cleveland breed and the Hackney of the 
thirties. Many influences had been at work 
to bring about the regrettable change in the 
stock of the country. 
The spread of railways had put an end to 
the demand for coach horses and roadsters, 
and the men who used to ride everywhere 
in the old days had given up their hardy and 
enduring saddle horses for the more luxurious 
seat in the train. At the same time buyers 
from France, Germany, and other Con- 
tinental countries, having discovered the 
willingness of English breeders to part 
with their breeding stock if sufficiently 
tempted, purchased every good mare money 
could command. 
Again, the craze for height had done 
something to impair the merits of what 
roadsters the foreigners left us. The Cleve- 
lands were ruined by crossing with leggy 
inferior thoroughbreds, whose sole recom- 
mendation consisted in their height at the 
shoulder and which were wanting in every 
useful quality. 
The value of the half-bred hunter was. 
also insisted on by Lord Cathcart’s corres- 
pondents—all of them men who had right 
to form an opinion. Mr. Sax Maynard, 
