THE HEAVY-HARNESS BREEDS OF HORSES 11 
variety of types. It would seem that the advocates of 
the breed would do well to clarify in some permanent 
way this apparent confusion of names. 
CLEVELAND Bay anp ‘Yorksuire Coacn Horse. Figs. 
12, 13. 
By John A. Craig 
79. The Yorkshire Coach horse is an outgrowth of the 
Cleveland Bay Coach horse, conceded to be merely an 
improved type. The two are so inseparably associated 
that it is deemed best to consider them together. In 
fact, in America, they are considered to be one breed and 
are registered in the same stud-book. 
80. History in Great Britain.— Perhaps the best 
evidence we have of the ancient origin of this breed is the 
prevalence of so many theories as to the foundation from 
which it started. Martin Doyle, writing in 1843, asserts 
that it is descended from the old war horse of Great 
Britain. There are other authorities, also, who state 
that this breed has the best claim to the distinction of 
being related to the horses that pulled the war chariots 
of the early Britons when Julius Cesar invaded England. 
As a matter of fact the first records of the Cleveland 
horse connect it with being a pack or Chapman horse. 
It is historically certain that the breed originated in 
Yorkshire, one of the northern counties of England. 
The conditions of Yorkshire were eminently suitable for 
the production of superior light horses. The people 
were horsemen, and the fertile valleys and hills, under- 
laid in the best grazing districts with limestone, were very 
productive of nutritious grass. 
