76 THE BREEDS OF LIVE-STOCK 
the winkers of the bridles and the trappings that adorn 
them, and their heads are borne up by the bearing rein, 
that they acquire the imposing appearance which, when 
well matched, so many of them possess. When stripped, 
a great proportion of them appear a very different sort of 
animal indeed, and, in all probability, a smaller and more 
compact sort of horse would go through double the 
quantity of work that they are capable of enduring. 
Fashion, however, is to be consulted by the breeder, 
to a certain extent; and, so long as he can obtain from 
job masters a large sum for a pair of these overgrown 
animals, he will do well to breed them without refer- 
ence to their being unequal in point of endurance to 
a smaller and better-formed sort of draft horse. It is 
generally supposed that a horse destined for harness 
should not have a very oblique shoulder, as when so 
formed he is not capable of throwing so much of his weight 
into the collar as when his shoulders are more upright ; 
but it must be remembered that grand and lofty action is 
highly prized in London for the purpose of show, and not 
for hard work, and hence a sloping shoulder is a point to 
be desired by the farmer who breeds carriage horses for 
the London market; for, as I have already observed, it 
is one which is mostly accompanied by high action.”’ 
In the latter part of the nineteenth century, after the 
organization of societies in the eighties, to promote this 
breed, the British public became interested in the horse 
to supplant oxen on the farm. At this time, too, the 
demand changed from a very heavy carriage horse to a 
lighter horse with more quality, more style and more 
coach or high action. The Cleveland had to veer one 
way or the other or become extinct. It is evident that it 
was changed towards the latter largely by the greater 
