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... A NORTHAMPTONSHIRE .. .. DIFFERENT WAYS OF SWIMMING A HORSE JUDICIOUS RIDING .. USE AND ABUSE OF SPURS HOW TO TREAT A HUNTER IN THE FIELD HOW TO BRING A HUNTER HOME : 44 51 62 54 ཚཀྱ 63 65 74 80 PAGE HOW TO DRESS FOR HUNTING 89 HOW TO EAT.
... A NORTHAMPTONSHIRE .. .. DIFFERENT WAYS OF SWIMMING A HORSE JUDICIOUS RIDING .. USE AND ABUSE OF SPURS HOW TO TREAT A HUNTER IN THE FIELD HOW TO BRING A HUNTER HOME : 44 51 62 54 ཚཀྱ 63 65 74 80 PAGE HOW TO DRESS FOR HUNTING 89 HOW TO EAT.
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Sir Francis Bond Head. PAGE HOW TO DRESS FOR HUNTING 89 HOW TO EAT AND DRINK FOR HUNTING 97 DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LEICESTERSHIRE AND SURREY HUNTING 104 THE STABLE 106 ON SHOEING ON ROUGHING HORSES : : : 114 119 SADDLES BRIDLES INTRINSIC ...
Sir Francis Bond Head. PAGE HOW TO DRESS FOR HUNTING 89 HOW TO EAT AND DRINK FOR HUNTING 97 DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LEICESTERSHIRE AND SURREY HUNTING 104 THE STABLE 106 ON SHOEING ON ROUGHING HORSES : : : 114 119 SADDLES BRIDLES INTRINSIC ...
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... hunting - field , on the race - course , or in harness , a horse will generally , from sheer pluck , go till he drops , yet , whenever he encounters physical strength greater than his own , our hero all of a sudden acts like an arrant ...
... hunting - field , on the race - course , or in harness , a horse will generally , from sheer pluck , go till he drops , yet , whenever he encounters physical strength greater than his own , our hero all of a sudden acts like an arrant ...
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... hunting - field , a noble , high - couraged horse , a rusher at any description of fence , the very sight of which seems to inflame his ardour , in most gallant style charges a brook , which when he is in the air he sees is too broad to ...
... hunting - field , a noble , high - couraged horse , a rusher at any description of fence , the very sight of which seems to inflame his ardour , in most gallant style charges a brook , which when he is in the air he sees is too broad to ...
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... hunting seat , " in which , instead of " the fork , " the knees form the pivot , or rather hinge , the legs beneath them the grasp , while the thighs , like the pastern of a horse , enable the body above to rise and fall as lightly as a ...
... hunting seat , " in which , instead of " the fork , " the knees form the pivot , or rather hinge , the legs beneath them the grasp , while the thighs , like the pastern of a horse , enable the body above to rise and fall as lightly as a ...
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