The Sportsman's Cyclopaedia: Comprising a Complete Elucidation of the Science and Practice of Hunting, Shooting, Coursing, Racing, Fishing, Hawking, Cockfighting, and Other Sports and Pastimes of Great Britain, Interspersed with Entertaining and Illustrative AnecdotesHenry G. Bohn, 1848 - 940 Seiten |
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... HORSE . The part upon which the saddle is placed . Upon the shape of the back a great deal of the beauty and utility of the horse depends . If he is long in the back , narrow across the loins , and light in the carcase , with flat ribs ...
... HORSE . The part upon which the saddle is placed . Upon the shape of the back a great deal of the beauty and utility of the horse depends . If he is long in the back , narrow across the loins , and light in the carcase , with flat ribs ...
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... horses, but not so universally considered. Its parts are the mouth-piececurb, curb-hook, cheeks, and branches. The mouth-piece is that part received within the mouth, the length of which, should be .. to the size of the horse, usually ...
... horses, but not so universally considered. Its parts are the mouth-piececurb, curb-hook, cheeks, and branches. The mouth-piece is that part received within the mouth, the length of which, should be .. to the size of the horse, usually ...
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... horse rendered un- comfortable by the gagging of the bit . Uniformity is much regarded in the army , since the whole regiment has an uniform bit of the same powers and dimensions in every part , but the horses may vary widely , some ...
... horse rendered un- comfortable by the gagging of the bit . Uniformity is much regarded in the army , since the whole regiment has an uniform bit of the same powers and dimensions in every part , but the horses may vary widely , some ...
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... horse , when in health , we find to be uniformly of the same length ; but the horse labouring under this disease has the expiration very long , and the inspiration very short , which may be well seen by observing the flanks of the ...
... horse , when in health , we find to be uniformly of the same length ; but the horse labouring under this disease has the expiration very long , and the inspiration very short , which may be well seen by observing the flanks of the ...
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... horse , his figure and action , in all di- rections . In this part of the shew , the particulars to be noted chiefly , are , how the horse carries his head , the degree of freedom he possesses in his shoulders , whether he goes well ...
... horse , his figure and action , in all di- rections . In this part of the shew , the particulars to be noted chiefly , are , how the horse carries his head , the degree of freedom he possesses in his shoulders , whether he goes well ...
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Seite 380 - Nor scathe had he, nor harm nor dread, But, the same couch beneath, Lay a gaunt wolf, all torn and dead, Tremendous still in death. Ah, what was then Llewelyn's pain ! For now the truth was clear : His gallant hound the wolf had slain To save Llewelyn's heir.
Seite 425 - Though duly from my hand he took His pittance every night, He did it with a jealous look, And, when he could, would bite. His diet was of wheaten bread, And milk, and oats, and straw ; Thistles, or lettuces instead, With sand to scour his maw. On twigs of hawthorn he regaled, On pippins...
Seite 196 - When the weather will not permit of exercise in the dry, put on a soft bit with players, for two hours in the morning and two hours in the afternoon...
Seite 538 - Who taught the nations of the field and wood To shun their poison, and to choose their food ? Prescient, the tides or tempests to withstand, Build on the wave, or arch beneath the sand?
Seite 499 - In naming or entering for any race where there shall be any particular conditions required as a qualification to start, it shall be sufficient if the horse were qualified at the expiration of the time allowed for naming or entering, and he shall not be disqualified by anything which may happen after the expiration of that time, unless so specified in the article...
Seite 422 - No creature could be more grateful than my patient after his recovery ; a sentiment which he most significantly expressed by licking my hand, first the back...
Seite 425 - A Turkey carpet was his lawn, Whereon he loved to bound, To skip and gambol like a fawn, And swing his rump around. His frisking was at evening hours, For then he lost his fear, But most before approaching showers, Or when a storm drew near. Eight years and five round rolling moons He thus saw steal away, Dozing out all his idle noons, And every night at play. I kept him for his humour's sake, For he would oft beguile My heart of thoughts that made it ache, And force me to a smile.
Seite 310 - First let the kennel be the huntsman's care, Upon some little eminence erect, And fronting to the ruddy dawn ; its courts On either hand wide opening to receive The Sun's all-cheering beams, when mild he shines, And gilds the mountain tops.
Seite 495 - Calendar by a name and his pedigree, it will be sufficient afterwards to mention him by his name only, even though he has never started. If the dam was covered by more than one stallion, the names of all of them must be mentioned.
Seite 423 - Bess had a courage and confidence that made him tame from the beginning. I always admitted them into the parlour after supper, when, the carpet affording their feet a firm hold, they would frisk, and bound, and play a thousand gambols, in which Bess, being remarkably strong and fearless, was always superior to the rest, and proved himself the Vestris of the party.