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... Stuart , and later on , were able to contend on the race - course . The advent of the Crusaders ' foreign horses to England was the first step which led to the introduction of greater quality to the English light - bred horses and to ...
... Stuart , and later on , were able to contend on the race - course . The advent of the Crusaders ' foreign horses to England was the first step which led to the introduction of greater quality to the English light - bred horses and to ...
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... Stuart's reign that a " distinction was drawn between race - horses and common stock by patrons of the turf , who selected the most dis- tinguished runners of both sexes , and Our ancestors kept no account of equine ; Incentive to the ...
... Stuart's reign that a " distinction was drawn between race - horses and common stock by patrons of the turf , who selected the most dis- tinguished runners of both sexes , and Our ancestors kept no account of equine ; Incentive to the ...
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... Stuart kept magnificent studs and employed agents to purchase horses of va uable Oriental blood . We possess no Oriental horses mated with English- bred stock . Descent of the thorough- bred . " record of the THE HORSE . 53.
... Stuart kept magnificent studs and employed agents to purchase horses of va uable Oriental blood . We possess no Oriental horses mated with English- bred stock . Descent of the thorough- bred . " record of the THE HORSE . 53.
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... by the Stuarts . The great authority , the late Admiral Rous , considered them to be of " the purest breed of the desert , were Arabian horses bought in Constantinople or Hungary , Admiral Rous's opinion and 54 THE HORSE .
... by the Stuarts . The great authority , the late Admiral Rous , considered them to be of " the purest breed of the desert , were Arabian horses bought in Constantinople or Hungary , Admiral Rous's opinion and 54 THE HORSE .
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... does it consist , or what leads us to discover the difference between a coarse and well - bred animal ? In the external horses im- ported by the Stuarts . Formation not blood . configuration , in the elegance of THE HORSE . 55.
... does it consist , or what leads us to discover the difference between a coarse and well - bred animal ? In the external horses im- ported by the Stuarts . Formation not blood . configuration , in the elegance of THE HORSE . 55.
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