The Horse: As He Was, as He Is, and as He Ought to beW. H. Allen, 1881 - 115 pages |
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... late years the English nation has failed in the production of one of its most important commodi- ties , and the means by which a further extent of this evil can be remedied has been suggested . The race - course has caused the excessive ...
... late years the English nation has failed in the production of one of its most important commodi- ties , and the means by which a further extent of this evil can be remedied has been suggested . The race - course has caused the excessive ...
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... late Mr. Blinkiron ; such animals as he produced only possessed a large money value be- cause the gambling table allured men to bid high prices for stock descended from celebrated winners , and by no means the class of animal wanted to ...
... late Mr. Blinkiron ; such animals as he produced only possessed a large money value be- cause the gambling table allured men to bid high prices for stock descended from celebrated winners , and by no means the class of animal wanted to ...
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... late in the day necessity has forced us to ener- getic action in procuring that which we should have already possessed . The demand has created the supply , but at the same time the demand has caused the supply to increase in value ...
... late in the day necessity has forced us to ener- getic action in procuring that which we should have already possessed . The demand has created the supply , but at the same time the demand has caused the supply to increase in value ...
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... So good are many that it requires more than a good judge to determine their foreign extraction . France of late years has imitated Eng- land in instituting races ; but this in comparison with the " all the year round " racing 16 THE HORSE .
... So good are many that it requires more than a good judge to determine their foreign extraction . France of late years has imitated Eng- land in instituting races ; but this in comparison with the " all the year round " racing 16 THE HORSE .
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... imported by the Stuarts . The great authority , the late Admiral Rous , considered them to be of " the purest breed of the desert , were Arabian horses bought in Constantinople or Hungary , Admiral Rous's opinion and 54 THE HORSE .
... imported by the Stuarts . The great authority , the late Admiral Rous , considered them to be of " the purest breed of the desert , were Arabian horses bought in Constantinople or Hungary , Admiral Rous's opinion and 54 THE HORSE .
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