The Horse and His RiderJ. Murray, 1860 - 226 páginas |
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... necessary to rise from his prostrate state . Again , in the hunting - field , a noble , high - couraged horse , a rusher at any description of fence , the very sight of which seems to inflame his ardour , in most gallant style charges a ...
... necessary to rise from his prostrate state . Again , in the hunting - field , a noble , high - couraged horse , a rusher at any description of fence , the very sight of which seems to inflame his ardour , in most gallant style charges a ...
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... necessary to administer , even to Cruiser ; and there can exist no doubt it was this cooling medicine , this soothing mixture , which had produced the strange and salutary effects that had attracted us into the little yard . And thus ...
... necessary to administer , even to Cruiser ; and there can exist no doubt it was this cooling medicine , this soothing mixture , which had produced the strange and salutary effects that had attracted us into the little yard . And thus ...
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... necessary to enable the horse to clear it . In a fall , the pommel of the saddle and the horse's neck and head are much easier cleared by short stirrup - leathers than by long ones . Lastly , in a common trot , the former soften the ...
... necessary to enable the horse to clear it . In a fall , the pommel of the saddle and the horse's neck and head are much easier cleared by short stirrup - leathers than by long ones . Lastly , in a common trot , the former soften the ...
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... necessary that all his feet should take hold of the ground . This they are prevented from doing by the rider's boots , which , operating as a handspike under the body , keep it in a horizontal position , thereby causing the four legs ...
... necessary that all his feet should take hold of the ground . This they are prevented from doing by the rider's boots , which , operating as a handspike under the body , keep it in a horizontal position , thereby causing the four legs ...
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... necessary is for the rider to overcome and overrule the instinctive aversion which his horse , and possibly he himself , have to jump water . If , during a run with hounds , a young horse , that has never seen a brook , going a good ...
... necessary is for the rider to overcome and overrule the instinctive aversion which his horse , and possibly he himself , have to jump water . If , during a run with hounds , a young horse , that has never seen a brook , going a good ...
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