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... cool and hard conclude that they possess a valuable wearing animal . Alas ! once round the Ascot course would very soon undeceive them . What secrets , what stable truths , has not this royal course revealed ! How many owners are yearly ...
... cool and hard conclude that they possess a valuable wearing animal . Alas ! once round the Ascot course would very soon undeceive them . What secrets , what stable truths , has not this royal course revealed ! How many owners are yearly ...
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... cool either internally or externally . Anything that tends to increase excite- ment of the general system must in like ratio tend to lessen the chance of generation . Still it must not be understood that keeping a mare cool is half ...
... cool either internally or externally . Anything that tends to increase excite- ment of the general system must in like ratio tend to lessen the chance of generation . Still it must not be understood that keeping a mare cool is half ...
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... cool the system generally , as well as prevent the necessity of flying to drugs in all cases of slight derangement . At this age there is no medicine so good to counter- act undue astringency , worms , hidebound , & c . , as one drachm ...
... cool the system generally , as well as prevent the necessity of flying to drugs in all cases of slight derangement . At this age there is no medicine so good to counter- act undue astringency , worms , hidebound , & c . , as one drachm ...
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... cool head , a good knowledge of pace , and should never begin too quickly , which overexcites nervous horses , and makes them scramble along before getting fairly and gradually into their stride . As a rule , in a trial the first mile ...
... cool head , a good knowledge of pace , and should never begin too quickly , which overexcites nervous horses , and makes them scramble along before getting fairly and gradually into their stride . As a rule , in a trial the first mile ...
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... cool and clever in difficulties without having time to consider their nature . On the next day resume this exercise , and have a big tree of some sort drawn across the gateway after the horse has entered , and after trotting about the ...
... cool and clever in difficulties without having time to consider their nature . On the next day resume this exercise , and have a big tree of some sort drawn across the gateway after the horse has entered , and after trotting about the ...
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