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basis for crossing, and discovered that she is the 
most valuable brood mare that can find a place upon 
the farm. 
The tenant-farmer with a draught of these mares 
has an agricultural draught suited for his land, his 
implements, his carts; and with reasonable care he 
cannot fail to be a successful breeder — whether 
of Clevelands, pure carriage horses, or hunters. 
Americans and foreigners have for fifty years past 
scoured the North Riding of Yorkshire, and taken 
all they could get of this breed. They have their 
reward in seeing themselves master of the carriage 
horse trade, heavy and light; and their native 
breeds, which were without admirers or buyers, are 
now envied and in constant demand. The prices 
that have been given for Clevelands by Americans, 
Canadians, Argentines, Cape Colonists, Germans, 
Portuguese, and others in recent years have made it 
difficult for the private Englishman with moderate 
means to compete in the Cleveland market. The 
smash, however, in the Argentine, the M‘Kinley 
Tariff in America, and the general present impe- 
cuniosity of most foreign Governments, have led to 
a temporary falling-off in the demand and prices 
for Clevelands, just as the supply was in consequence 
of, and the great rush was becoming commensurate 
with, the demand ; so that prices for Clevelands are 
never likely to be more favourable for the buyer 
than during the next year or two. The farmer 
who does not succeed in buying good Cleveland or 
Yorkshire mares can, at all events, find amongst 
mares such as are sold for omnibus or tram purposes 
many suitable for his purpose at a very moderate 
