THE CLEVELAND BAY COACH HORSE l6S 



miles within the hour, carrying 144 pounds; and B. 

 PuUen's King William trotted a mile in three minutes at 

 Selby, carrying 112 pounds. 



The Cleveland Bay coach horse in America. — This 

 breed has never been popular in America. In the early 

 eighties Geo. E. Brown & Company of Aurora, Illinois, 

 W. M. Fields & Bro. of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Jesse Harris 

 of Fort Collins, Colorado, and Stericker Bros, of Spring- 

 field, Illinois, imported a number of unusually good repre- 

 sentatives, but the type and breed characteristics never 

 found favor. Formerly there was considerable interest 

 taken in the show ring, particularl)' by the Sterickers, 

 who made many attractive exhibits, but at present speci- 

 mens of Cleveland Bays are almost unknown in our horse 

 shows. Further, importations are rarely made, as there 

 is not a single breeder prominently advocating the merits 

 of the breed. 



Description of the Cleveland Bay coach horse. — In the 

 first volume of the Cleveland Stud Book, which was pub- 

 lished in 1884, there is the following description of the 

 Cleveland Bay horse : "From 16 hands i inch to 16 hands 

 2j^ inches in height, he should be possessed of good, 

 sloping shoulders, a short back, powerful loins, and long 

 quarters. His head is rather pl"ain than otherwise, and 

 on the large size, but it is well carried, and his general 

 appearance denotes activity and strength, combined in 

 a manner not seen in any other breed. His action is not 

 remarkably high, but it is the kind of action for getting 

 over ground. In color he is bay — either light or dark — 

 with black legs, clear of hair, and black zebra-like stripes 

 on the arm and above the hock are sometimes seen. 

 These are known as the 'black points,' and are supposed 

 to denote special breeding. White, save a small star, or 

 a few white hairs in the head, is not admissible, a blaze 

 or a white foot proclaiming at once the admixture of 

 foreign blood." 



The best specimens that have been imported to 



