The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-12-06
The CLEVELAND sAY.
The English Coach Horse Described by
Secretary stericker.

secretary Sterickor.
The general characteristics Of tho
Cleveland Bay horse have so often been
described that 1t Is not necessary to re-
peat them here; suffice 1t to say that
as frstclass coach and general-pur.
pose horse he not only maintains his
ground, but is to-day greater favorite
than he ever was, the failure Of the
more recently established breeds OF
coach horses to produce uniform color
and typo In their offspring having made
many converts to the old and firmly
established Cleveland Bay. Crossed on
mares OF entirely different character his
progeny show his potentiality in their
unvarying color and form, making
them easily mated and good to sell at
remunerative prices. Their lofty style
and noble carriage commend them to
the wealthy as the finest large coach
horse extant, and their free, bold &C.
tion, endurance. size and power place
them right at the front for coaching and
farm work. q
/ had occasion during the hottest
weather of the past summer to be look
ing for some good teams of coach horses,
and stopping alta farmers whom knew
had been breeding to Cleveland Bay
asked IL he had any thing likely to suit
me. He said: "Why, yes; 1 have four
year. r-old horse that I think would suit
you, but can not spare him yet; he is
the best horse have on the place, and
can stand more heat and work than any
horse over owned. Ny son, who is
working him, will be home in few
minutes, and then you can see him." l
waited and saw the horse-a typical
coach horse, and one would have paid
q very handsome price for. Notwith-
standing the heat and hard work when
Jrotted out his head and tail went up in
O manner that indicated the true char
acter of the animal which would have
been just as much in his place in tho
family carriage as he was on the farm.
l have found teams of well-mated
half-blood geldings good to sell, and
have sold quite q number this summer
at excellent figures, and have covered
a large area of country, some having
gone to Connecticut and others as far
west as Old Mexico.
Still a greater demand exists in
Europe, and SO satisfactory do we con-
slider the get of the Cleveland Bay
coupled with ordinary mares that we
have made arrangements for shipping a
carload or two to England during No
vember next. and should this venture
prove as satisfactory as we anticipate
we expect to make it as much part of
our business as importing full-blooded
stock for breeding purposes. If we draw
on England for a large percentage OF
our breeding stations it is only fair
that we should reciprocate by sending
her portion of our good roadsters and
coach horses. 1t Is not difficult mat
ter to ''pick up" any number Of the
former, but the latter are not SO easy to
fine. 1 have been on more than one
wild-goose chase to see what were de-
scribed as No. teams of coach horses,
and when have got to see them found
they were not coach horses at all, in
the proper sense of the term. I have
found the only way to get well-mated
horses of good coloc, style and size, is
to go into neighborhood where good
Cleveland Bay has been kept, and there
I can find just what the market calls for.
There is no doubt it takes little more
Judgment to breed a coach horse than
it does draft horse, but If farmers will
breed their light mares to a good Cleve
land Bay they will have seme good
coach horses to market at no very dis
tant day.-Breeder's Gazette.