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the Lochyoch breed descended from the black Flemish 
stallion introduced by Mr. Paterson. 
Later (about 1823) the Cleveland bay played a 
part. The Highland Society adopted a policy of 
giving premiums for Clevelands and encouraging 
this class. “The object of the Society,” to use 
its own words, “is to encourage the breeding 
of a very active and at the same time a very 
strong horse which may be adapted according to 
circumstances either for working the land or for 
meeting the demand for harness horses of every 
description. The Cleveland bays are the basis of 
such a breed, but the Society does not wish to limit 
the competition to any particular breed.” This 
policy “had the desired effect in the introduction of 
large numbers of Cleveland stallions.” The Gal- 
loway and Clyde valleys remained true to their own 
breed, while Dumfriesshire made use of the Cleve- 
lands. In the beginning of the century Mr. Frame, 
of Broomfield, was the first influential man to set his 
face against the great variety in colour, a fault, if 
fault it is, that still remains characteristic of the breed, 
and which is due to its mixed origin. Being the 
leading stallion-owner of the day, he castrated all colts 
that were not black, brown, or bay, creating a fashion 
for browns and bays, and checking the reproduction 
of greys, then very common. The difficulty of 
eliminating a tendency to variety in colour is clearly 
shown, as to-day there still remains the tendency to 
variate from the standard colours. And this fact is 
indirect evidence of the antiquity of other breeds, 
such as the Cleveland bay, where colour must have 
1 Retrospective volume Clydesdale Stud Book, p. xviii. 
