The Horse-trainer's and Sportsman's Guide: With Additional Considerations on the Duties of Grooms, on Purchasing Blood Stock, and on Veterinary ExaminationLongmans, Green, and Company, 1865 - 254 páginas |
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... short legs the better . FORMATION . Were we to cull six out of all the horses we have ever seen that we think most nearly approaching per- fection , they would be Sweetmeat , St. Alban's , Saun- terer , Fandango , Tournament , and ...
... short legs the better . FORMATION . Were we to cull six out of all the horses we have ever seen that we think most nearly approaching per- fection , they would be Sweetmeat , St. Alban's , Saun- terer , Fandango , Tournament , and ...
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... short limbs . But , in my opinion , to pick out certain points in a racehorse and uphold them as outweighing all others , because such and such horses may have run very successfully with only this or that good point to recommend them ...
... short limbs . But , in my opinion , to pick out certain points in a racehorse and uphold them as outweighing all others , because such and such horses may have run very successfully with only this or that good point to recommend them ...
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... short . The distance or length from the top of the withers to the end of the cervical vertebræ should be more than double that of the former ; because this formation presents the smallest possible distance for the air - pumps to work ...
... short . The distance or length from the top of the withers to the end of the cervical vertebræ should be more than double that of the former ; because this formation presents the smallest possible distance for the air - pumps to work ...
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... short nor too broad ; and above all , the tendons should appear to enter the posterior portion of the knee boldly . That I may better explain my meaning - as you look at the leg sideways , as a whole , it should not appear as if the leg ...
... short nor too broad ; and above all , the tendons should appear to enter the posterior portion of the knee boldly . That I may better explain my meaning - as you look at the leg sideways , as a whole , it should not appear as if the leg ...
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... short , they indicate a want of speed , and tax both foot and leg unduly , and should therefore be avoided even if well- shaped otherwise . I recollect making a memorandum of some thirty thoroughbreds whose legs had given way , and the ...
... short , they indicate a want of speed , and tax both foot and leg unduly , and should therefore be avoided even if well- shaped otherwise . I recollect making a memorandum of some thirty thoroughbreds whose legs had given way , and the ...
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