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Walsh, better known as “ Stonehenge: 1 ’ “ These horses are ehieily 
the result of a cross between the old Cleveland horse (now extinct) 
and the thoroughbred horse.” 
Low: “The true Cleveland Bay may be termed a breed, from 
the similitude of characteristics presented by the individuals of 
the stock. It has been formed by the same means as the hunter, 
namely, by the progressive mixture of the blood of the race-horse 
with the original breeds of the country. But a larger kind of horse 
has been used as the basis and a longer standard adopted by the 
breeder. 
“The demand for these horses has long been very great in London 
and all the opulent towns of the kingdom, and the number carried 
abroad is large.” 
These extracts have been made from the writings of men facile 
principes in horse lore. They point out a clear line of breeding for 
the carriage horse, namely, the use of the thoroughbred on the com¬ 
mon stock of the country. This will come, of course, from the side of 
the stallion. He must be no spindling, flighty beast, but a stocky, lev¬ 
el-headed animal; in other words the concentration of a horse. If 
such a one is not convenient, the last alternative with us is the high¬ 
bred trotter of fine form. In his case, “ two-forty ” ought to be 
ruled out, and only size, shape and stately action insisted on. 
As for “the old mare” before mentioned, she might be willing in 
any event, and the eyes of ownership are blind. Nevertheless, she 
ought to have bulk, soundness, and a constitution unimpaired by 
toil. Thereafter, the nearer she approaches the ideal aimed at the 
better. 
Low, in speaking of the carriage horse, sa} r s: “To rear this class 
of horses the same principles of breeding should be applied as to 
the rearing of the race-horse himself. A class of mares, as well as 
of stallions, should be used having the properties sought for. It is 
in this way only that we can form and perpetuate a true breed in 
which the properties of the parents shall be reproduced in their de¬ 
scendants. The district of Cleveland doubtless owed the superiority 
which it continued to maintain in the production of this beautiful 
race of horses to the possession of a definite breed, formed not by 
accidental mixture, but by continued cultivation.” 
To conclude, I ask your indulgence for myself, but not for my 
subject. It is true, there are more taking titles for a paper than 
