The Dog in Health and Disease: Comprising the Various Modes of Breaking and Using Him for Hunting, Coursing, Shooting, Etc., and Including the Points Or Characteristics of Toy DogsLongmans, Green, Reader & Dyer, 1872 - 470 páginas |
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... possible , however , throughout the first Book the de- scriptions and illustrations are drawn from the life , the specimens selected being of the most perfect symmetry and of the purest breed within my reach . For many of them I am ...
... possible , however , throughout the first Book the de- scriptions and illustrations are drawn from the life , the specimens selected being of the most perfect symmetry and of the purest breed within my reach . For many of them I am ...
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... possible to dissent from any one of them ; but , as all my readers may not exactly know the form which is meant to be conveyed by the side of a bream for instance , it is necessary to explain it in more intelligible language . 1st . The ...
... possible to dissent from any one of them ; but , as all my readers may not exactly know the form which is meant to be conveyed by the side of a bream for instance , it is necessary to explain it in more intelligible language . 1st . The ...
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... the formation of the head . The NECK also , though compared to that of a drake , is a long way from being as thin , but , nevertheless , it may be said that it should be as drake - like as possible . The SMOOTH GREYHOUND . 29 29.
... the formation of the head . The NECK also , though compared to that of a drake , is a long way from being as thin , but , nevertheless , it may be said that it should be as drake - like as possible . The SMOOTH GREYHOUND . 29 29.
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... possible . The object of this is to enable the greyhound to stoop and bear the hare without being put out of his stride . The proper average length of the neck is about equal to that of the head . The beam - like BACK is all - important ...
... possible . The object of this is to enable the greyhound to stoop and bear the hare without being put out of his stride . The proper average length of the neck is about equal to that of the head . The beam - like BACK is all - important ...
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... possible up to " Snowball , " so now , if it can be asserted that a favourite is descended from " King Cob , " it is considered that a good claim to high breeding has been made out . In the CHOICE OF A GREYHOUND I have already observed ...
... possible up to " Snowball , " so now , if it can be asserted that a favourite is descended from " King Cob , " it is considered that a good claim to high breeding has been made out . In the CHOICE OF A GREYHOUND I have already observed ...
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