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... native mares of their respective countries in order to obtain general utility horses . trotters . American horses surpass all English American breeds in trotting , and our brothers possess more horses as beasts of burden than we do ...
... native mares of their respective countries in order to obtain general utility horses . trotters . American horses surpass all English American breeds in trotting , and our brothers possess more horses as beasts of burden than we do ...
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... native breeds , exhibiting obtained through the medium of English blood . substance ; and in proof that this system has answered we have only to re- member that during the past few years German horses have found their way into this ...
... native breeds , exhibiting obtained through the medium of English blood . substance ; and in proof that this system has answered we have only to re- member that during the past few years German horses have found their way into this ...
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... native stock in perfecting a power- ful military system . of Greece . It is impossible to exactly indicate The horses from what sources our early breeds of horses originated , but it is necessary in order to establish the accuracy of ...
... native stock in perfecting a power- ful military system . of Greece . It is impossible to exactly indicate The horses from what sources our early breeds of horses originated , but it is necessary in order to establish the accuracy of ...
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... 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 to the native breeds of Great 26 THE HORSE .
... 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 to the native breeds of Great 26 THE HORSE .
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... native breeds of Great Britain , and con- sequently well adapted , through the me- dium of judicious selection of parents , to create a larger type of animal . The history of the past fails to give information sufficiently distinct to ...
... native breeds of Great Britain , and con- sequently well adapted , through the me- dium of judicious selection of parents , to create a larger type of animal . The history of the past fails to give information sufficiently distinct to ...
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