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... opinion , the more size and length there is on short legs the better . FORMATION . Were we to cull six out of all the horses we have ever seen that we think most nearly approaching per- fection , they would be Sweetmeat , St. Alban's ...
... opinion , the more size and length there is on short legs the better . FORMATION . Were we to cull six out of all the horses we have ever seen that we think most nearly approaching per- fection , they would be Sweetmeat , St. Alban's ...
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... opinion , to pick out certain points in a racehorse and uphold them as outweighing all others , because such and such horses may have run very successfully with only this or that good point to recommend them , is the height of ignorance ...
... opinion , to pick out certain points in a racehorse and uphold them as outweighing all others , because such and such horses may have run very successfully with only this or that good point to recommend them , is the height of ignorance ...
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... opinion . SHOULDERS . I must pass on to a point of all others the least understood , or rather the most ... opinions , I am at a loss to comprehend ; and if we are not to derive our conclusions from living horses , from whence can they ...
... opinion . SHOULDERS . I must pass on to a point of all others the least understood , or rather the most ... opinions , I am at a loss to comprehend ; and if we are not to derive our conclusions from living horses , from whence can they ...
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... opinions on what must be a great uncertainty , depend- ent on the nature of a particular course , & c . I do say , however , that I never yet saw such animals bring any- thing but disappointment and vexation on their deluded owners and ...
... opinions on what must be a great uncertainty , depend- ent on the nature of a particular course , & c . I do say , however , that I never yet saw such animals bring any- thing but disappointment and vexation on their deluded owners and ...
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... opinion ; the two best - backed race- horses of these days having been the best performers --St . Alban's and Saunterer . A roach - backed horse I hate most cordially , notwith- standing that some assert that it is a sure sign of ...
... opinion ; the two best - backed race- horses of these days having been the best performers --St . Alban's and Saunterer . A roach - backed horse I hate most cordially , notwith- standing that some assert that it is a sure sign of ...
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