On Seats and Saddles: Bits and Bitting and the Prevention and Cure of Restiveness in HorsesBlackwood, 1868 - 265 páginas |
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... object being alike in all cases , and the material selected with reference to that special purpose - The cavalry ... objects are but too frequently sacrificed in favour of mere vehemence of move- ment ; they are only to be attained by ...
... object being alike in all cases , and the material selected with reference to that special purpose - The cavalry ... objects are but too frequently sacrificed in favour of mere vehemence of move- ment ; they are only to be attained by ...
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... object is to get a horse to go somehow , then afterwards in obedience and in a certain form - Generally speaking , restive horses should be treated as if they had never been handled at all ; that is to say , they should be re - trained ...
... object is to get a horse to go somehow , then afterwards in obedience and in a certain form - Generally speaking , restive horses should be treated as if they had never been handled at all ; that is to say , they should be re - trained ...
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... objects with which this little book has been brought before the public interested in horses , and at the same time , in order to prevent misapprehension , to say , that the author has not the slightest intention of setting up any one ...
... objects with which this little book has been brought before the public interested in horses , and at the same time , in order to prevent misapprehension , to say , that the author has not the slightest intention of setting up any one ...
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... object we have in view , to enter into a minute comparison in this respect of our own population with others of ancient or modern times . As regards most if not all of those moral qual- ities that we have stated to be typical of the ...
... object we have in view , to enter into a minute comparison in this respect of our own population with others of ancient or modern times . As regards most if not all of those moral qual- ities that we have stated to be typical of the ...
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... object being to be attained - the possibility , from the fact of both men and horses being selected with reference to this very object . But even here a certain margin is inevitable . It is not possible to make the Indo - Ger- manic ...
... object being to be attained - the possibility , from the fact of both men and horses being selected with reference to this very object . But even here a certain margin is inevitable . It is not possible to make the Indo - Ger- manic ...
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On Seats and Saddles Bits and Bitting and the Prevention and Cure of ... Francis Dwyer Visualização integral - 1868 |
On Seats and Saddles: Bits and Bitting and the Prevention and Cure of ... Francis Dwyer Visualização integral - 1869 |
On Seats and Saddles Bits and Bitting and the Prevention and Cure of ... Francis Dwyer Visualização integral - 1868 |
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