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... mare , scarcely looking up to 13st . I need not say she was no cob : he was too good a judge to ride one while he could find anything else to carry him . I remember seeing this enormous mass of humanity sitting on a strong - looking ...
... mare , scarcely looking up to 13st . I need not say she was no cob : he was too good a judge to ride one while he could find anything else to carry him . I remember seeing this enormous mass of humanity sitting on a strong - looking ...
Side 56
... observed another heavy weight , but comparatively a feather , for he was not more than about 17st . I constantly saw him riding a light thorough - bred looking mare , one of that sort POETIC DESCRIPTION OF TWO PONIES . 57 that we should.
... observed another heavy weight , but comparatively a feather , for he was not more than about 17st . I constantly saw him riding a light thorough - bred looking mare , one of that sort POETIC DESCRIPTION OF TWO PONIES . 57 that we should.
Side 57
... mare . I had often admired the springy action of the to- bacco - pipe legged mare ; but these said legs , though looking scarce equal to carry her weight , could and did carry it , and , with the saddle , about 18st . to boot in a way ...
... mare . I had often admired the springy action of the to- bacco - pipe legged mare ; but these said legs , though looking scarce equal to carry her weight , could and did carry it , and , with the saddle , about 18st . to boot in a way ...
Side 58
... mare that as a race - horse was a very bad one , so out of compliment to her master I will not mention his name . This mare was singularly small below the knee , but with famous back and loins . At light weights , she was not good ...
... mare that as a race - horse was a very bad one , so out of compliment to her master I will not mention his name . This mare was singularly small below the knee , but with famous back and loins . At light weights , she was not good ...
Side 59
... mare afterwards went to Ireland , and I understand showed the way in a steeple race or two . So much for her tobacco - pipes : properly placed as to weight , she would use them , and make others smoke too if they went with her ; as ...
... mare afterwards went to Ireland , and I understand showed the way in a steeple race or two . So much for her tobacco - pipes : properly placed as to weight , she would use them , and make others smoke too if they went with her ; as ...
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Stable Talk and Table Talk: Or, Spectacles for Young Sportsmen, Volum 2 Harry Hieover Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1846 |
Stable Talk and Table Talk: Or, Spectacles for Young Sportsmen, Volum 2 Harry Hieover Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1846 |
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