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lleport on the Horses Exhibited at Windsor. 
coach horse, as narrowly as you please, and you will soon see 
that, in many material points, he bears no resemblance to the 
thoroughbred or hackney ; and in looking over the coaching 
classes, shoulders, backs, loins, and quarters must not be regarded 
as though one were examining a hunter. It is further necessary 
to bear in mind that the Cleveland bay's mission in life is not to 
trot a mile in three minutes in a buggy or dogcart, but to comport 
himself with stateliness and dignity in the rarely seen Cee spring 
chariot and the full-sized landau. I must not, however, be 
understood to even suggest that the Cleveland bay has no pace, 
for the speed at which the Eoyal carriages invariably travel 
sufficiently proves the contrary ; but his chief use is for harness 
work, where action, imposing appearance, and strength are 
required. 
In the absence of any ground for coming to a different con- 
clusion, the already promulgated theory may be accepted that 
the Cleveland of to-day is descended from a breed of horses 
indigenous to the locality in which they are now reared ; and 
one must be content to leave it in doubt whether the breed was 
founded or modified by Eastern blood, or by native mares being 
crossed with Carthaginian sires in the distant past — questions 
which are not very important after all. It appears to be an ac- 
knowledged fact, however, that the Cleveland bays were originally 
nearly related to the draught horse ; indeed, we find that in 1847 
" an aged cart stallion of the Cleveland breed " was commended. 
It is scarcely necessary here to attempt to trace the various steps 
by which the Cleveland has become a lighter horse than he used 
to be. The reason for whatever change may have taken place 
may probably be shortly summed up by the statement that 
various crossings have been resorted to, just as in the case of 
Exmoor ponies, and even of the thoroughbred himself in bygone 
times. 
In the annals of the breeding of Clevelands, however, the 
names of " Tommy " Masterman, Richardson of Loughborough, 
Wetterill and Dunsley of Irton are household words, and in the 
days of " Summercock," " Dart," " Yatton Lad," the " Hob Hill 
horse," or " Skyrocket," Clevelands were possibly at their best, 
though it must not be left unsaid that Mr. James Lowther has 
always espoused the cause of this particular breed, and that several 
farmers in the dales about Whitby have clung to their favourites 
with the utmost tenacity. But there was a period when the 
Cleveland was unfashionable, and he was beaten in the race for 
competition by the Clydesdale, which the Northern breeders had 
brought to a state of great perfection. A good many farmers 
were not proof against the foreigner's gold, with the result that 
