. Our domestic animals, their habits, intelligence and usefulness; tr. from the French of Gos. De Voogt, by Katharine P. Wormeley;. Domestic animals. 146 OUR DOAIKSTIC ANIMALS. SCKXI-: AT Newiiakkf/i' while the formation of fat and of ligaments between the muscles and the tendons is checked as much as possible. For the same reasons the horse recei\'es but a moderate though substan- tial amount of food. This regimen is naturalh' a lest of the animal's strength ; many of them succiunb under it. The jockeys train themselves in very much the same way. They present, like their horses, a spare apjje
. Our domestic animals, their habits, intelligence and usefulness; tr. from the French of Gos. De Voogt, by Katharine P. Wormeley;. Domestic animals. 146 OUR DOAIKSTIC ANIMALS. SCKXI-: AT Newiiakkf/i' while the formation of fat and of ligaments between the muscles and the tendons is checked as much as possible. For the same reasons the horse recei\'es but a moderate though substan- tial amount of food. This regimen is naturalh' a lest of the animal's strength ; many of them succiunb under it. The jockeys train themselves in very much the same way. They present, like their horses, a spare apjjearance, lean and skinny, but agile and vigorous, — an appearance not seen out- side racing stables. On the other hand, good jockeys can feather their nests so well that they soon bid adieu to saddles and starvation, and pass the rest of their li\'es in pretty villas, where they at once recover their plumpness. Betting is inseparable from a race course, and is often the cause of swindling. It frecjuently. 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 Voogt, Gos de, 1863-1918; Wormeley, Katharine Prescott; Burkett, Charles William, 1873- ed. Boston, Ginn & Company
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