. Frank Forester's horse and horsemanship of the United States and British provinces of North America [microform]. Horses; Race horses; Chevaux; Chevaux de course. I'tl Ftivt'f, wliero ri crico ill tlu' iiMHioy tiny •usoiumI, that it' !•',', tiuTc was no (iiircd ; t'ur tlui iiiist not l)c for- trallid Loxiiig- of liiui. It. was, an not as •^(mhI as >iio and clioorting ni'arly two hoc- ail tlu! ailvantajjo JO " at i'lill spi'cd, in match luBliioii. was considtTablo at, less than »>; (• that fllt'ct—that or 16. I do idea of tlic revohi- L>xin<ftoii tlian this vo hei'n tl
. Frank Forester's horse and horsemanship of the United States and British provinces of North America [microform]. Horses; Race horses; Chevaux; Chevaux de course. I'tl Ftivt'f, wliero ri crico ill tlu' iiMHioy tiny •usoiumI, that it' !•',', tiuTc was no (iiircd ; t'ur tlui iiiist not l)c for- trallid Loxiiig- of liiui. It. was, an not as •^(mhI as >iio and clioorting ni'arly two hoc- ail tlu! ailvantajjo JO " at i'lill spi'cd, in match luBliioii. was considtTablo at, less than »>; (• that fllt'ct—that or 16. I do idea of tlic revohi- L>xin<ftoii tlian this vo hei'n tliunght, 11 little Avhilo wo licst mark on tiino ease of speed that (iiid continual ad- loit begets exploit, towers whicli had the sjtark proceed 1 of man, impart- d and body of his possession of him- lon , and then iiade a dead heat lightway was y it was reduced to mile heats in MJUNTINO FUU TIIK KACIC. 837 wagonif.'^ So with the racers I have luuned, and so witli Lecomto and Lexington. One half of u horse's h|ieed is foiind in the l)rain of his rider or driver, and that subtle essonce, that know- ledge how to do, and will to command it, blends with the powurri of the beast and niakoa all things done. So with foot racerH. when tlu'y have known that ninci miles within the hour conld he increased to ten, and tlie ten to eleven. They were the same men, without any improvement in thdr breed ; the same mi'ii, who had once been able barely to do nine. Shall wo bo told that the Hon- ny Hlaek 15ess of the bold Turiiin did not respond to her master's spirit when she took her wondrous bound over the spiked turn- pike gate!—or that a portion of the sold of the bravo Mame- luke, who alone CBcajted the massacre of the Boys by leaping hi;i horse over the walls of Cairo, did not enter into that of hia matehless Barb I " The Ijoundiiif; stood you pompously bestrlJo, Shares with his lord bin piousiiro and hm ; Assuredly the best portion of a horse's speed l
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