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... to increase in value , and the nation has been obliged to pay larger prices for her troop - horses than would Supply not to hand in the day of need . The breeding of thorough- breds for racing purposes . have THE HORSE . 11.
... to increase in value , and the nation has been obliged to pay larger prices for her troop - horses than would Supply not to hand in the day of need . The breeding of thorough- breds for racing purposes . have THE HORSE . 11.
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... hand , a good supply of horses is always kept up , be- cause racing with them is a pastime and not a business . Their extensive military organisations create a demand for useful horses , and therefore their business operations are ...
... hand , a good supply of horses is always kept up , be- cause racing with them is a pastime and not a business . Their extensive military organisations create a demand for useful horses , and therefore their business operations are ...
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... hands high and possessed little more stamina than a brougham - horse of to - day . The small nag was also a mere pony . Its primary origin might have been derived from Greek or Roman sources ; but it was nevertheless larger and superior ...
... hands high and possessed little more stamina than a brougham - horse of to - day . The small nag was also a mere pony . Its primary origin might have been derived from Greek or Roman sources ; but it was nevertheless larger and superior ...
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... hands if so much , as the horse - shoes found in Roman and Saxon tumuli prove . In early times , the Romans , Danes , Saxons , and Norwegians , in making their British horse . Cęsar's opinion of British horses . incursions upon this ...
... hands if so much , as the horse - shoes found in Roman and Saxon tumuli prove . In early times , the Romans , Danes , Saxons , and Norwegians , in making their British horse . Cęsar's opinion of British horses . incursions upon this ...
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... hands and a half high , but it was due to these animals that the English pony increased in size , and the charger gained quality . On the continent years previously to Mahomet . the Crusade period , the Turks had been 34 THE HORSE .
... hands and a half high , but it was due to these animals that the English pony increased in size , and the charger gained quality . On the continent years previously to Mahomet . the Crusade period , the Turks had been 34 THE HORSE .
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