The horse and the hound : their various uses and treatment, including practical illustrations in horsemanship and a treatise on horse-dealing . INTRODUCTION. VALUABLE PROPERTIES OF THE HORSE REASONS FOR ITS USE BEING PROSCRIBED TO THE ISRAELITES—DIF-FICULTY OF DETERMINING ITS NATIVE COUNTRY EXCELLENCE OF THE BRITISH BREED. The Horse is a distinct genus, belonging to theorder of Belluw^ or large beasts, and in himself themost serviceable of all quadruped animals, as wellas the swiftest of those brouo^ht under the domi-nion of man. Notwithstanding these high qualifi-cations, ancient history info
The horse and the hound : their various uses and treatment, including practical illustrations in horsemanship and a treatise on horse-dealing . INTRODUCTION. VALUABLE PROPERTIES OF THE HORSE REASONS FOR ITS USE BEING PROSCRIBED TO THE ISRAELITES—DIF-FICULTY OF DETERMINING ITS NATIVE COUNTRY EXCELLENCE OF THE BRITISH BREED. The Horse is a distinct genus, belonging to theorder of Belluw^ or large beasts, and in himself themost serviceable of all quadruped animals, as wellas the swiftest of those brouo^ht under the domi-nion of man. Notwithstanding these high qualifi-cations, ancient history informs us, that, in theprimitive ages of the world, the ass was used in THE HORSE. preference to him, not only as a mere beast of bur-den, but for the purpose of conveying, from placeto place, persons of the highest distinction. This,however, may be satisfactorily accounted for. Pre-viously to the art of horsemanship being known,the ass, a superior race of animal perhaps to thatgenerally found in Europe, was more easily managedthan the horse, and better suited to the kind offood usually met with for his support. He was, infact, found to a
Size: 1958px × 1276px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1840, booksub, booksubjecthorsemanship
