The gentleman's new pocket farrier : comprising a general description of the noble and useful animal, the horse ..to which is added A Prize essay on mules ..Also, an addenda, containing Annals of the turf, American stud book, rules for training, racing, &c. . gant carriagehorses, would be avoided. *9@Q* RACE HORSE. It is a remarkable fact, that horses run in all most generally, those excel upon the turf, that areof the following form: head and neck thin, small, anddelicate; eyes large, plump, and full of expression;nostrils wide, red, and expanded; throttle large;shoulders high, thi
The gentleman's new pocket farrier : comprising a general description of the noble and useful animal, the horse ..to which is added A Prize essay on mules ..Also, an addenda, containing Annals of the turf, American stud book, rules for training, racing, &c. . gant carriagehorses, would be avoided. *9@Q* RACE HORSE. It is a remarkable fact, that horses run in all most generally, those excel upon the turf, that areof the following form: head and neck thin, small, anddelicate; eyes large, plump, and full of expression;nostrils wide, red, and expanded; throttle large;shoulders high, thin, and running very far back; breastplump, full, and wide; body long, round, and ratherhght than heavy; back short as possible; thighs long,large, full, and bulging; fore arm large and swellingtowards his breast; hocks broad, strong, and bony;legs of moderate size, thin, flat, and sinewy; pasternsrather long and small, than otherwise; feet of propor-tionable size to the balance of his form; though, of thetwo extremes, small is the best; he should be nervous,tractable, and of good spirit, and he should be fromfive feet to five feet four inches high. Such a horse,well managed, kept and placed in races, will seldomfail to distinguish himself on the KEEPING. 23 KEEPING. The keeping a horse for a race is attended withmuch trouble, and requires great attention: but ismore simple than is generally believed by personswanting experience on that subject. A large majority of grooms, even to the present day,are in the habit of giving to race horses large quanti-ties of physic, (though the number engaged in thispractice has been diminished within the last ten years,)and for the sake of those very valuable animals, I hopeere long, such an injurious practice will be entirelyabolished. All the medicine on earth will never giveto a horse speed and bottom, that is naturally deficientin those respects ; and if he is affected at all by its use,it must operate to his disadvantage. The plaine
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