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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Página 190
... stake at Ashdown . In her case too the blood of the dam was somewhat notorious for a tendency to run cunning ; and indeed the same might be said of nearly all the strains of which she was composed ; nevertheless , throughout her career ...
... stake at Ashdown . In her case too the blood of the dam was somewhat notorious for a tendency to run cunning ; and indeed the same might be said of nearly all the strains of which she was composed ; nevertheless , throughout her career ...
Página 242
... stakes in the month of October , prior to which there is so little time after the summer is passed , that they prefer beginning in the spring if their dogs are old enough , and if they are not they will not be fit to bring out in ...
... stakes in the month of October , prior to which there is so little time after the summer is passed , that they prefer beginning in the spring if their dogs are old enough , and if they are not they will not be fit to bring out in ...
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... stakes are not usually run for , but in almost all cases the dogs are matched together , without which the sport is tame and uninteresting . The essence of coursing is the competition between the two dogs engaged , that being the number ...
... stakes are not usually run for , but in almost all cases the dogs are matched together , without which the sport is tame and uninteresting . The essence of coursing is the competition between the two dogs engaged , that being the number ...
Página 283
... the preliminaries . The public greyhound , to be successful , must be a dog which can beat his competitors in the stake in which he is engaged , even if he never runs afterwards respectably . Hence , unlike PUBLIC COURSING . 283.
... the preliminaries . The public greyhound , to be successful , must be a dog which can beat his competitors in the stake in which he is engaged , even if he never runs afterwards respectably . Hence , unlike PUBLIC COURSING . 283.
Página 284
... stakes they are not to be depended on . This is so common , that , as a rule , most coursers do not think it worth their while to keep their dogs for more than one season , and bring up a succession of puppies one year after another ...
... stakes they are not to be depended on . This is so common , that , as a rule , most coursers do not think it worth their while to keep their dogs for more than one season , and bring up a succession of puppies one year after another ...
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