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... X. COLONIAL RACE - COURSES XI . THE RACING CHRONOMETER 97 103 108 XII . BITS AND BITTING XIII . SADDLES XIV . GIRTHS . 121 142 XV . WHIPS . 145 XVI . SPURS , ANCIENT AND Modern 162 CHAP . XVII . STABLE VICES PART V XVIII . vii.
... X. COLONIAL RACE - COURSES XI . THE RACING CHRONOMETER 97 103 108 XII . BITS AND BITTING XIII . SADDLES XIV . GIRTHS . 121 142 XV . WHIPS . 145 XVI . SPURS , ANCIENT AND Modern 162 CHAP . XVII . STABLE VICES PART V XVIII . vii.
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... course , that Greeks and Romans in the dim past made references to chargers and beasts of burden , and they usually hate endeavouring to translate them . Many lovers of books readily admit that the late Whyte Melville wrote standard ...
... course , that Greeks and Romans in the dim past made references to chargers and beasts of burden , and they usually hate endeavouring to translate them . Many lovers of books readily admit that the late Whyte Melville wrote standard ...
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... course he could ! Had he not ridden for his life many a time ? As quite a youngster he had been in action ; not riding on the modern kind of saddle , but on " Ephippia " -described further on under the heading of " Saddles . " The Greek ...
... course he could ! Had he not ridden for his life many a time ? As quite a youngster he had been in action ; not riding on the modern kind of saddle , but on " Ephippia " -described further on under the heading of " Saddles . " The Greek ...
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... courses or at our meets . other remark of Xenophon's : " I will describe how a man , in buying a horse , is least likely to be cheated . In the case of an unbroken colt , of course , his frame is what you must test ; as for spirit , no ...
... courses or at our meets . other remark of Xenophon's : " I will describe how a man , in buying a horse , is least likely to be cheated . In the case of an unbroken colt , of course , his frame is what you must test ; as for spirit , no ...
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... course , takes the credit . The Whitechapel costermongers pin their faith to vinegar and whitening , or turpentine and beer ; in cases of sprains this lotion is well rubbed into the affected part . Certainly this is a very inno- cent ...
... course , takes the credit . The Whitechapel costermongers pin their faith to vinegar and whitening , or turpentine and beer ; in cases of sprains this lotion is well rubbed into the affected part . Certainly this is a very inno- cent ...
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Σελίδα 183 - Illustrated Horse Doctor. Being an Accurate and Detailed Account, accompanied by more than 400 Pictorial Representations, characteristic of the various Diseases to which the Equine Race are subjected ; together with the latest Mode of Treatment, and all the requisite Prescriptions written in Plain English By EDWARD MAYHEW, MRCVS 8vo.
Σελίδα 37 - If two triangles have two angles of the one equal to two angles of the other, each to each, and one side equal to one side, viz.
Σελίδα 48 - Twas merry in the glowing morn, among the gleaming grass, To wander as we've wandered many a mile, And blow the cool tobacco cloud, and watch the white wreaths pass, Sitting loosely in the saddle all the while. 'Twas merry 'mid the blackwoods, when we spied the station roofs, To wheel the wild scrub cattle at the yard, With a running fire of stockwhips and a fiery run of hoofs ; Oh ! the hardest day was never then too hard ! Aye! we had a glorious gallop after "Starlight" and his gang, When they...
Σελίδα 36 - If, at a point in a straight line, two other straight lines upon the opposite sides of it, make the adjacent angles, together equal to two right angles, these two straight lines shall be in one and the same straight line.
Σελίδα 37 - If a straight line be divided into any two parts, the square on the whole line is equal to the sum of the squares on the two parts, together with twice the rectangle contained by the parts.
Σελίδα 38 - State the conditions of equilibrium of a body floating freely in a liquid. A rectangular log of wood of square section floats in water with 2 inches of its thickness above the surface.
Σελίδα 48 - And Mostyn - poor Frank Mostyn - died at last a fearful wreck, In 'the horrors,' at the Upper Wandinong, And Carisbrooke, the rider, at the Horsefall broke his neck, Faith! the wonder was he saved his neck so long! Ah! those days and nights we squandered at the Logans' in the glen The Logans, man and wife, have long been dead.
Σελίδα 47 - ROBBERY UNDER ARMS : A Story of Life and Adventure in the Bush and in the Goldfields of Australia. THE MINER'S RIGHT. THE SQUATTER'S DREAM. A SYDNEY-SIDE SAXON. A COLONIAL REFORMER. - - NEVERMORE. 3 vols. Cr. 8vo. 3i^. 6d. BURNETT (Frances Hodgson).-H AWORTH'S. Globe 8vo. 2s. - LOUISIANA, and THAT LASS o* LOWRIE'S.
Σελίδα 170 - In the time of Ben Jonson, in consequence of the interruptions to Divine Service, occasioned by the ringing of the spurs worn by people walking and transacting business in cathedrals, especially in St.
Σελίδα 26 - until he has attended four sessions of not less than thirty weeks each, and also has satisfied the Court of Examiners of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons, which is totally distinct from the Educational Staff.