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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... MOUTH , is the agitation of the tongue , and the mandible of a horfe , that by champing upon the bridle , keep his mouth freth . You may fee B by one may always know , by these tusks , horfes.
... MOUTH , is the agitation of the tongue , and the mandible of a horfe , that by champing upon the bridle , keep his mouth freth . You may fee B by one may always know , by these tusks , horfes.
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... mouth , which is a : 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 ...
... mouth , which is a : 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 ...
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... mouth of a young horfe is very flefhy within the palate , and his lips are firm and hard : on the con- trary , the infide of an old horfe's mouth is lean both above and below , and feems to have only the fkin upon the bones . The lips ...
... mouth of a young horfe is very flefhy within the palate , and his lips are firm and hard : on the con- trary , the infide of an old horfe's mouth is lean both above and below , and feems to have only the fkin upon the bones . The lips ...
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... mouth , judge pretty near of his nefs of two crown pieces above the gums : at fix they will be near the breadth of one's little finger above the gums , and his tufhes will be at their full length . 10. After a horfe is raz'd , one ...
... mouth , judge pretty near of his nefs of two crown pieces above the gums : at fix they will be near the breadth of one's little finger above the gums , and his tufhes will be at their full length . 10. After a horfe is raz'd , one ...
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... mouth of the bait - fish , and sow it up , the fish will live fome time ; and though the weight of the lead will keep his head down , he will fwim with nearly the fame eafe as if at liberty . But if you roll with a dead bait , as fome ...
... mouth of the bait - fish , and sow it up , the fish will live fome time ; and though the weight of the lead will keep his head down , he will fwim with nearly the fame eafe as if at liberty . But if you roll with a dead bait , as fome ...
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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.