The Sportsman's Dictionary; Or, The Gentleman's Companion: for Town and Country: Containing Full and Particular Instructions for Riding, Hunting, Fowling ... Hawking, &c. With the Various Methods to be Observed in Breeding and Dieting of Horses Both for the Road and Turf; Also, the Management of Dogs, Gamecocks, Dunghill-fowls, Turkies, Geese, Ducks, Pigeons, Singing-birds, &c. And the Manner of Curing Their Various Diseases and AccidentsG.G.J. and J. Robinson, 1785 - 548 pages |
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... fhoe - maker's wax , in a very finall gallipot covered with a bit of leather ; a clearing ring , tied to about fix yards of strong cord , of the fhape of Fig . 13. the ufe of this is to difengage your hook when it has caught a weed ...
... fhoe - maker's wax , in a very finall gallipot covered with a bit of leather ; a clearing ring , tied to about fix yards of strong cord , of the fhape of Fig . 13. the ufe of this is to difengage your hook when it has caught a weed ...
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... do little damage : whereas the great fquare calkins quite fpoil the foot . Calkins , are either fingle or double , that is , at one end of the fhoe , or at both these laft laft are deemed lefs hurtful , as the horfe can CAG CAL.
... do little damage : whereas the great fquare calkins quite fpoil the foot . Calkins , are either fingle or double , that is , at one end of the fhoe , or at both these laft laft are deemed lefs hurtful , as the horfe can CAG CAL.
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... fhoe . CRATCHES . A fwelling horfes are liable to , on the pastern , under the fetlock , and fometimes under the hoof ; for which reafon it is diftinguished into the finew cratches , which affect the finew , and those upon the cronet ...
... fhoe . CRATCHES . A fwelling horfes are liable to , on the pastern , under the fetlock , and fometimes under the hoof ; for which reafon it is diftinguished into the finew cratches , which affect the finew , and those upon the cronet ...
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... fhoe one hoof beats off the fkin from the paftern joint of another foot . This is oc- cafioned by bad fhoeing , weariness , weak- nefs , or not knowing how to go , whereby the feet entangle . D DARE FISHING ; { Thefe two fishes , as ...
... fhoe one hoof beats off the fkin from the paftern joint of another foot . This is oc- cafioned by bad fhoeing , weariness , weak- nefs , or not knowing how to go , whereby the feet entangle . D DARE FISHING ; { Thefe two fishes , as ...
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... fhoe , and the fole , and put in fome ' cow - dung : this your fer- vants often neglect , and therefore the master ought to fee them do it . A thing very effential for the prefervation of all forts of horfes , is good litter , which to ...
... fhoe , and the fole , and put in fome ' cow - dung : this your fer- vants often neglect , and therefore the master ought to fee them do it . A thing very effential for the prefervation of all forts of horfes , is good litter , which to ...
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