. The book of the horse : thorough-bred, half-bred, cart-bred, saddle and harness, British and foreign, with hints on horsemanship; the management of the stable; breeding, breaking and training for the road, the park, and the field. Horses; Horsemanship. 252 T HE Book of the Horse. operation became fashionable, like many hideous and barbarous fashions which are supposed to improve and adorn the heads of women in 1873. It will be observed that the fine coach-horse engraved after Marshall on this page is both cropped and docked. The practice of cropping the ears has now entirely disappeared, alt
. The book of the horse : thorough-bred, half-bred, cart-bred, saddle and harness, British and foreign, with hints on horsemanship; the management of the stable; breeding, breaking and training for the road, the park, and the field. Horses; Horsemanship. 252 T HE Book of the Horse. operation became fashionable, like many hideous and barbarous fashions which are supposed to improve and adorn the heads of women in 1873. It will be observed that the fine coach-horse engraved after Marshall on this page is both cropped and docked. The practice of cropping the ears has now entirely disappeared, although it was not uncommon to find even hunters thus tortured and disfigured as late as 1840; while to a much later date the stupid fashion of depriving cart-horses of their fly-flappers was usual in several counties. Mr. Villebois' coach-horse is a specimen of a fine blood animal spoiled by the fashion of the day. By intermediate stages the tails of coach-horses were lengthened until the whole dock was preserved, and the hair squared off to a racing tail. In 1873 the tails are cut according to the character of the horse and the style of the carriage. Since that date the vile fashion of short docks has again come into fashion and in imitation of polo ponies, even well-bred full-sized horses are turned into caricatures by hogging the flow- ing mane, one of the most picturesque points of a blood -^'^31^l;lâ o:^ /->" _ A COACH-HORSE, 17S0, DOCKED AND Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Sidney, Samuel, 1813-1883. London ; New York : Cassell, Peter, Galpin
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