THE HEAVY-—HARNESS BREEDS OF HORSES 7 
use of Thoroughbred blood, and that resulted in the type 
more commonly known by the name of the Yorkshire 
coach horse. To indicate the tendency of the change, the 
following extract from the Yorkshire Coach Stud-book 
will be of service: ‘‘ It cannot be claimed for the York- 
shire coach horse that he is a pure-bred animal, but that, 
on.the contrary, by the judicious crossing of large-sized 
good-colored mares with stallions altogether or nearly 
Thoroughbred, a class of horses has been produced suited 
to the wants and circumstances of the times. By univer- 
sal consent, the color should be bay or brown, with black 
eyes, mane and tail abundant but not curly, the height 
from sixteen hands to sixteen hands two inches, with 
fine head, sloping shoulders, strong loins, and lengthy 
quarters, high-stepping action, good sound feet, flat legs 
and abundance of bone and muscle.” 
83. Uses of the Cleveland Bay horse. — Enough has 
been said to indicate the place of the Cleveland Bay as 
a coach horse. It has found some favor as a roadster, 
especially in England. These horses are very uniform 
in color and markings, and they are very prepotent in 
transmitting these characters when crossed on common 
mares. Because of this their get is uniform and easily 
matched into teams. Their size and power and dis- 
position adapt them for some of the work of the farm 
better than is the case with any of the other breeds of 
light horses; but, owing to their deficiency in quality 
and action, they have not been generally popular in Amer- 
ican horse-breeding districts. 
84. Distribution. — The Cleveland Bay horse has en- 
joyed some popularity, notably in South Africa. Aside 
from importations into America, the horse has been taken 
to South America, Australia and Sweden. 
