A philosophical and practical treatise on horses, and on the moral duties of man towards the brute creation, Volym 1C. Whittingham, Dean Stree, Fetter Lane, 1802 |
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... Shoes ( Vol . II . p . 231. ) to which , as they formerly stood , exceptions were made in the public papers , I freely confess some alteration was re- quired ; it will appear that I have made a material one , and that there is now ...
... Shoes ( Vol . II . p . 231. ) to which , as they formerly stood , exceptions were made in the public papers , I freely confess some alteration was re- quired ; it will appear that I have made a material one , and that there is now ...
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... shoes , and fuch frequently do it ; but those which do it at every stroke , and discover it by the noise their shoes make , are very dangerous to ride ; in fact , fit for nothing but draft . When the thigh is too long , and the angle ...
... shoes , and fuch frequently do it ; but those which do it at every stroke , and discover it by the noise their shoes make , are very dangerous to ride ; in fact , fit for nothing but draft . When the thigh is too long , and the angle ...
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... shoes , with very long quarters , and the heel of " the fhoe coming forward to the middle of the foot . Ladies fhoes , made in the common 66 66 66 66 66 fashion , are dangerous , because the foot rests " in the hollow between the toes ...
... shoes , with very long quarters , and the heel of " the fhoe coming forward to the middle of the foot . Ladies fhoes , made in the common 66 66 66 66 66 fashion , are dangerous , because the foot rests " in the hollow between the toes ...
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... shoes which feemed to be contrived expressly for the purpose of fliding . How it happens that the horses keep their legs , or that so few accidents enfue , is wonderful ; but fure it ought to to be ftill more wonderful , that men are ...
... shoes which feemed to be contrived expressly for the purpose of fliding . How it happens that the horses keep their legs , or that so few accidents enfue , is wonderful ; but fure it ought to to be ftill more wonderful , that men are ...
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... shoes , even in case of froft , as of infinitely more danger than real ufe . He recommends a welted fhoe , of hard and well - tempered iron , flat , and fo placed upon the foot , that the horse may tread perfectly even ; to prevent ...
... shoes , even in case of froft , as of infinitely more danger than real ufe . He recommends a welted fhoe , of hard and well - tempered iron , flat , and fo placed upon the foot , that the horse may tread perfectly even ; to prevent ...
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A Philosophical and Practical Treatise on Horses and on the Moral ..., Volym 1 John Lawrence Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - 1802 |
A Philosophical and Practical Treatise on Horses: And on the Moral ..., Volym 1 John Lawrence Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - 1796 |
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Sida i - For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath; so that a man hath no preeminence above a beast: for all is vanity. All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again.
Sida 255 - But beware that in difmounting, you bend not your right knee, left the horfe fliould be touched by the fpur. Grafp the reins with your hand, putting your little finger between them. Your hand muft be perpendicular, your thumb uppermoft upon the bridle. " Suffer him not to finger the reins (the groom, in holding the horfe) but only to meddle with that part of the headftall, which...
Sida 266 - If he has been lately from grafs, or draw-yard, or has been kept within, upon the faving plan of abridging his food in proportion to his work (a favourite meafure with fome people) he will receive damage from a long journey, however good he may be in nature : in fuch cafe, from thirty, to five-and-forty miles, is a fufficient day's work.
Sida 259 - ... next ftage, fall into a flow trot, bend their necks, foam at the mouth, refufe to bear an ounce upon the bit, and keep perpetually upon the curvet, as if they longed to be upon the parade. Whenever this happens, the beft way of concluding...
Sida 248 - The modern feat on horfe-back, and it feems to have owed its eftablifhmeut to reafon, confirmed by experience, is, to fet naturally and eafily upright upon your faddle, as you would in your chair ; your knees about as much bent, and turned inward, your toes fomewhat out, and upward, your leg falling nearly ftraight, and...
Sida 258 - There is a circumfpection to be adopted advantageoufly by the tinfkilful, which will, at firft, give them the femblance, afterwards the reality, of good riding. The method of taking a rein in each hand, occafionally (much in ufe of late years) gives the rider great command over the mouth, neck, and fore-quarters of a horfe.
Sida 18 - He had read Dee's prefaces before, The Devil and Euclid, o'er and o'er.
Sida 241 - I have already given divers hints on this part of the fubject, and once more repeat my advice of teaching the colt a good canter. If it fhould be held proper to learn him to leap the bar...
Sida 109 - ... be fmall and fine ; noftrils capacious ; lips thin ; mouth of fufficient depth, and the tongue not too large ; the jaw-bones wide at top, where they join the neck ; the head not abruptly affixed to the extremity of the neck, but with a moderate curve and tapering of the latter. The NECK muft be of moderate, not too great length, nor too thick and grofs on the upper part, nor too large and deep, but rifing from the withers or forehand, and afterwards declining and tapering at the extremity, it...
Sida 121 - The grand fource of the unmerited and fuperfluous mifery of beafts, exifts, in my opinion, in a defect in the conftitution of all communities. No human government, I believe, has ever recognized the jus animalium, which...