The Sportsman's Dictionary: Or The Gentleman's Companion: for Town and Country. Containing Full and Particular Instructions for Riding, Hunting ..., &c., with the Various Methods to be Observed in Breeding and Dieting of Horses Both for Road and Turf: Also, the Management of Dogs, Game-cocks ..., & C. and the Manner of Curing Their Various Diseases and Accidents ...G.G. and J. Robinson, 1800 - 544 pages |
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... fign of vigour , mettle , and health . ACULER , a French word , ufed in the academies , importing that horfe working upon volts in the ma- nage , does tot go far enough forwards at every time or motion , fo that his fhoulders embrace ...
... fign of vigour , mettle , and health . ACULER , a French word , ufed in the academies , importing that horfe working upon volts in the ma- nage , does tot go far enough forwards at every time or motion , fo that his fhoulders embrace ...
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... fign of very old age ; as they are without ; you have no guide then but the on the contrary , a fmooth , moift , hollow , and well fituation of the teeth . The longest teeth are not al - founding hoof , betokens youthfulnefs in him ...
... fign of very old age ; as they are without ; you have no guide then but the on the contrary , a fmooth , moift , hollow , and well fituation of the teeth . The longest teeth are not al - founding hoof , betokens youthfulnefs in him ...
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... fign , they say , the horse is not young , and the longer it is in returning , the older he is : a man fhould not truft much to this obfervation , because the skin of a lean horse , though young , will be longer to it's place than the ...
... fign , they say , the horse is not young , and the longer it is in returning , the older he is : a man fhould not truft much to this obfervation , because the skin of a lean horse , though young , will be longer to it's place than the ...
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... fign of fear and cowardice , for they fight ftouteft and strongest on all four . They have an excellent fcent , and will smell farther than any other beaft , except a boar . They may be hunted with hounds , maftiffs , or grey- hounds ...
... fign of fear and cowardice , for they fight ftouteft and strongest on all four . They have an excellent fcent , and will smell farther than any other beaft , except a boar . They may be hunted with hounds , maftiffs , or grey- hounds ...
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... fign of it ; likewise a fmall head , having all his legs of equal lengths , his breaft not deeper than his belly , and his back plain to his tail ; his eyes quick , his ears hanging long , his tail nimble , and the beak of his nofe ...
... fign of it ; likewise a fmall head , having all his legs of equal lengths , his breaft not deeper than his belly , and his back plain to his tail ; his eyes quick , his ears hanging long , his tail nimble , and the beak of his nofe ...
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Page 66 - For two large ponds, of three or four acres apiece, it is advisable to have four stews, each two rods wide and three long. The stews are usually in gardens, or near the house, to be more handy and better looked to. The method of making them, is to carry the bottom in a continual decline from one end, with a mouth to favor the drawing them with a net.