The American eclectic practice of medicine, as applied to the diseases of domestic animals : in which every form of disease peculiar to animals is treated in accordance with the most approved methods of modern science : with a treatise on bleeding, blistering, mercurializing, and the pernicious effects of minerals on the animal fibers : with a list of poisons and their antidotes : together with a historical sketch of the horse, and the principles of breeding, rearing, training, and the general management of the horse . dround like a weather-vane in the variables. Big odds couldhave been had on
The American eclectic practice of medicine, as applied to the diseases of domestic animals : in which every form of disease peculiar to animals is treated in accordance with the most approved methods of modern science : with a treatise on bleeding, blistering, mercurializing, and the pernicious effects of minerals on the animal fibers : with a list of poisons and their antidotes : together with a historical sketch of the horse, and the principles of breeding, rearing, training, and the general management of the horse . dround like a weather-vane in the variables. Big odds couldhave been had on Patchen, but takers were as scarce as theyhad been before. All the time-bets were decided by this firstheat, nobody having marked below Second Heat.—In scoring the first time for this heat Ethanbroke, and they did not get the word. Next, Patchen was out-footed, and there was no go. Then they came up square, butPatchen broke upon the score, both at a great pace, and it was no go. At the fourth attempt they got off very evenly, andthe pace was tremendous. Again the great, steady stroke ofPatchen told, and after rounding the turn he was a lengthahead. The quarter-pole was reached in 36 seconds, and a halfmile in , Patchen leading a length and a half. Swinginginto the home-stretch Patchen still led, and half-way up Ethanbroke. The former won the heat, by three lengths in was a clipper for entire horses, and Patchen had a burst ofcheers. As he stood under his blankets, after being brought back. HISTORY OF THE HORSE. 31 to the stand, we noticed that he was playing with his grooms a mighty good sign after two severe heats. The wind was stillraw and cold, but both horses sweated out well between thisheat and the next. Third and last Heat.—There were now a little too manyineffectual attempts at scoring. The first time Patchen droppedbehind; at the next he broke upon the score, and this was thecase again ; another try, and he again lagged ; but at the fifthattemp
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