The Sportsman's Calendar: Or, Monthly Remembrancer of Field DiversionsSherwood, Neely, and Jones, 1818 - 172 Seiten |
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The Sportsman's Calendar, Or Monthly Remembrancer of Field Diversions, 1818 ... John Lawrence Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 2018 |
The Sportsman's Calendar, Or Monthly Remembrancer of Field Diversions, 1818 ... John Lawrence Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 2018 |
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Seite 136 - ... stable, which is on the spot for that purpose. As soon as he gets in, there is often more cloths thrown upon him, in addition to those he has been doing his sweat in. This is done to make the horse sweat the more, and he stands thus for a time panting, before he is stripped for scraping ; that with being thus worked, clothed, and stoved, it so affects him at times, that he keeps breaking out in fresh sweats, that it pours . from him, when scraping, as if water had been thrown on him. Nature cannot...
Seite 152 - The Beauties of Shakespeare: Regularly selected from each Play, With a General Index, Digesting them under Proper Heads.
Seite 152 - THE MODERN LAND STEWARD; in which the Duties and Functions of Stewardship are considered and explained, with its several Relations to the Interest of the. Landlord, Tenant, and the Public.
Seite 151 - With a Sketch of the Author's Life; including a PREFACE, Critical and Explanatory: and some Annotations on the text and nature of the Poem. By Edward Topham. With 8 engraved plates by Scott.
Seite 150 - ... purposes of Agriculture. The whole scope of its contents has a constant and immediate connexion with the daily pursuits of the Farmer, the Implements of Husbandry he employs, the Modes of Agriculture he adopts, and the System of Pasture and Feeding he pursues. These multifarious topics are all treated with simplicity and clearness ; so that the Work presents an ample, but distinct display of every subject connected with the practical objects of a Farm. It is illustrated with upwards of One Hundred...
Seite 150 - The leading feature of excellence by which this Work is distinguished, is that minuteness of practical detail, which renders it singularly adapted to the purposes of Agriculture. The...
Seite 138 - Firetail in one minute and four seconds, and Flying Childers ran over the Beacon Course (four miles, one furlong, one hundred and thirty-eight yards) in seven minutes and thirty seconds ! On the 29th of September, 1838, a trial of speed took place between the Oural Cossacks and the Kerguise Kaisaks over a course of eighteen versts, said to be equal to thirteen and a half English miles. The race was run by many horses of great speed, but gained by twins who ran neck...