THE CLEVELAND BAY 87 



l6| hands and the weight from 1200 to 1400 pounds. Thirteen 

 hundred pounds is a very acceptable weight. 



Cleveland Bays as roadsters have always had fame in England 

 for this quality. Cases have been known where the Cleveland 

 Bay has traveled from sixty to seventy miles within twenty-four 

 hours, with heavy loads, three or four times a week, besides 

 being employed occasionally on intermediate days. Hodgson, in 

 a Journal of the Royal Agrimltural Society, says : 



I knew a Cleveland mare that carried a man seventy miles a day for a week 

 together. Tommy Miles, of Harlsey, near Northallerton, rode his Cleveland 

 mare to York for a week together, to have his name called over in court as a 

 juryman; he was in York by nine o'clock every morning (thirty-five miles), 

 and slept in his own bed at Harlsey (thirty-five miles) every night. 



The distribution of the Cleveland Bay is rather widespread, 

 they having been exported to various parts of the world, includ- 

 ing Sweden, Canada, the United States, South Africa, Australia, 

 and South America. At the present time a large share of those 

 exported go to South Africa. 



Organizations to promote the Cleveland Bay exist in Great 

 Britain and the United States. In England the Cleveland Bay 

 Horse Society of Great Britain and Ireland, with headquarters 

 in Yorkshire, attends to registering and promoting the breed. 

 In the United States the Cleveland Bay Society of America was 

 organized in 1885. Up to 191 7 this society had pubhshed three 

 studbooks. 



The Yorkshire Coach horse bears a peculiar relationship to 

 the Cleveland Bay and calls for some consideration at this point. 

 In England there is a Yorkshire Coach Horse Society in addition 

 to the Cleveland Society, and horses of each kind are registered 

 separately. In America, however, Yorkshire Coach horses and 

 Cleveland Bays are regarded as one breed and are registered in 

 the " Cleveland Bay Studbook of North America." The Yorkshire 

 Coach horse is of more recent development than the Cleveland 

 and has been designated as an improved Cleveland. It tends to 

 be smaller in size, is more coachy in action, and has perhaps 

 more quality. The improved quality is due to Thoroughbred 

 blood. In the "Yorkslyr^X^^^c|^.Ho^ Studbook of England," 



