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... frequently met with , and explaining the symptoms of each in sufficiently clear a manner to lead to their detection and treatment- previous to the services of a professional man being available -- I should go as far as would be prudent ...
... frequently met with , and explaining the symptoms of each in sufficiently clear a manner to lead to their detection and treatment- previous to the services of a professional man being available -- I should go as far as would be prudent ...
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... frequently been the weak point in many of the Orlandos , good and racing like as they nearly all are . That grand mare , Melissa , used fairly to pick her way , avoiding every stone in the road about as carefully as an old maid's cat ...
... frequently been the weak point in many of the Orlandos , good and racing like as they nearly all are . That grand mare , Melissa , used fairly to pick her way , avoiding every stone in the road about as carefully as an old maid's cat ...
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... frequently termed back ribs , in a true made horse will form a beautiful and gradual decline from the girth . As you stand before the horse , the back ribs should not appear to swell out , which the jockeys justly call ' swill bellied ...
... frequently termed back ribs , in a true made horse will form a beautiful and gradual decline from the girth . As you stand before the horse , the back ribs should not appear to swell out , which the jockeys justly call ' swill bellied ...
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... frequently met with in strong , dashing goers and great fencers , though very seldom in suc- cessful racehorses . Such hips , however , are generally wide and long , and therefore present an immense sur- face for insertion of the ...
... frequently met with in strong , dashing goers and great fencers , though very seldom in suc- cessful racehorses . Such hips , however , are generally wide and long , and therefore present an immense sur- face for insertion of the ...
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... frequently sees people who ought to be good judges overlooking this point in toto , and having to pay pretty dearly for their carelessness in consequence . THE HOCK . Scarcely less important than the thigh is the hock ; for by reason of ...
... frequently sees people who ought to be good judges overlooking this point in toto , and having to pay pretty dearly for their carelessness in consequence . THE HOCK . Scarcely less important than the thigh is the hock ; for by reason of ...
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