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speedily restore it from the material now remaining in that 

 country as well as this, viz., the use of stout, strong, stylish 

 thoroughbred sires, upon large, active, and stylish bay mares." 



The " National Cyclopedia," in speaking of the Cleveland 

 Bay, says: "Since the beginning of the present century very 

 many modifications of this horse have been accomplished by 

 crossings and selections, which, while preserving all the good 

 points of the Cleveland Bay, have so modified them that to- 

 day, it is said, there is not an animal to be found — even in the 

 east riding district of Yorkshire — of the pure, unmixed, and 

 unimproved blood." 



"The improvement has been brought about by crossing 

 staunch thoroughbreds upon the original stock, and by selec- 

 tion, so that they are now acknowledged to stand as a type of 

 all that is excellent in a horse of medium weight (1,200 to 1,400 

 pounds), from fifteen and one-half to sixteen and one-half 

 hands high, combining style, muscular activity, spirit, bottom 

 and good-form in an eminent degree." 



They are constantly gaining favor, it is said, in England, 

 where they breed horses for light and medium hauling carriage 

 horses, and all work where style and muscle are especially re- 

 quired. The crest and withers are almost invariably good ; the 

 head bony, lean, and well set on. Ewe necks are probably 

 rarer in this horse than in any other family, unless it be the 

 English dray horse, in which it is never seen. 



Messrs. George E. Brown & Co., of Aurora, 111., were 

 among the earliest importers in this country who recognized 

 the merits of the breed. 



This breed of horses is popular in some sections of the 

 United States of America as a foundation upon which to build 

 coach and carriage horses of good color and style, by crossing 

 the mares of this breed upon the American trotting horse, 

 thereby adding speed to the size and beauty of the Clevelands. 



