. The hunter-naturalist. : Romance of sporting; or, Wild scenes and wild hunters. Natural history; Hunting; Hunting. CHAPTER XIX. THE MUSTANG, OK WILD HORSE. :, : . " Roand-hoof d, short-jointed, fetlocks shag and long, Broad breast, full eye, small head and nostrils Tride. ' "' ' High crest, short ears, straight legs, and passing strong, '.' ' Thin mane, thick tail, broad buttock, tender hide— Look what a horse should have!" " Look what a horse should have!" Willie of Avon being judge! and acknowledge, gentle sportsman, that the wild, rattling, poacher scamp had as sh
. The hunter-naturalist. : Romance of sporting; or, Wild scenes and wild hunters. Natural history; Hunting; Hunting. CHAPTER XIX. THE MUSTANG, OK WILD HORSE. :, : . " Roand-hoof d, short-jointed, fetlocks shag and long, Broad breast, full eye, small head and nostrils Tride. ' "' ' High crest, short ears, straight legs, and passing strong, '.' ' Thin mane, thick tail, broad buttock, tender hide— Look what a horse should have!" " Look what a horse should have!" Willie of Avon being judge! and acknowledge, gentle sportsman, that the wild, rattling, poacher scamp had as sharp an eye for the parts of the noble animal on four legs, as he exhibited in his cpiritual anatomy of the animal on two. Can any of you 'jeat that with all your modern breeding, in and out, crossings and improvements? Can even the Napoleon of the turf himself suggest an addition or subtraction to or from this masterly summary of what the " horse" should be ?—not the draught-horse, the race-horse, the saddle-horse, the hunt- ijig-horse, the trotter or the pacer!—but the nonpareil,— uniting in himself the nearest approach to the perfection of all these! "But," says the gent., "deuce take it! where are you {xing to find such a horse, now you've got him described ? li's like shaking a basket of spring strawberries under the nose of a convalescing man, and then pleading the doctor on him, to tantalize us by dilating upon Shakspeare's ideal, when such an animal has long since been crossed and trained out of being!" Very true, sir! very true! " The horse," with his exube- rance of power and unity of splendid traits, is ruled down 460. 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 Webber, Charles W. (Charles Wilkins), 1819-1856. Philadelphia : J. B. Lippincott, Gram
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