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... results . Whatever the weight may be , however , there must be size and length somewhere , and , in my 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 ...
... results . Whatever the weight may be , however , there must be size and length somewhere , and , in my 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 ...
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... result was this question , Where does it not lie ? It is true that he was not big anywhere , but so truly balanced was his whole frame , that it looked like working at any rapidity and for any length of time ! I was satisfied and went ...
... result was this question , Where does it not lie ? It is true that he was not big anywhere , but so truly balanced was his whole frame , that it looked like working at any rapidity and for any length of time ! I was satisfied and went ...
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... result . He finally breaks down after having been first favourite for at least half - a - dozen good stakes , and never even having won a bad one , and the next you see of the brute is perchance at a country market town , and ask ...
... result . He finally breaks down after having been first favourite for at least half - a - dozen good stakes , and never even having won a bad one , and the next you see of the brute is perchance at a country market town , and ask ...
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... result was that twenty - eight out of the thirty had short pasterns . THE FOOT . The foot in a racehorse may not be of so much im- portance as in general purpose horses ; but neverthe- less , I have seen more than one race lost by ...
... result was that twenty - eight out of the thirty had short pasterns . THE FOOT . The foot in a racehorse may not be of so much im- portance as in general purpose horses ; but neverthe- less , I have seen more than one race lost by ...
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... results . The calcis or point of the hock should be a consider- able distance from the other bones of the hock , inasmuch as the power of action or length of leverage of the tendons will be in exact proportion to the distance ...
... results . The calcis or point of the hock should be a consider- able distance from the other bones of the hock , inasmuch as the power of action or length of leverage of the tendons will be in exact proportion to the distance ...
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