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Page 59
... rest himself when he is not . " This might hold good enough when horses hunted with slow hounds , and were ridden perhaps twice a week . That sort of work kept them speedy enough , and their wind clear enough for the pace they were ...
... rest himself when he is not . " This might hold good enough when horses hunted with slow hounds , and were ridden perhaps twice a week . That sort of work kept them speedy enough , and their wind clear enough for the pace they were ...
Page 61
... rest ; they may be favoured as to the frequency of calling forth great exertion from them , but a couple of days of entire rest brings on all their old aches and pains arising from work , blows , and falls . Exercise is life to them ...
... rest ; they may be favoured as to the frequency of calling forth great exertion from them , but a couple of days of entire rest brings on all their old aches and pains arising from work , blows , and falls . Exercise is life to them ...
Page 62
... rest will restore his limbs to their wonted elasticity ; not so with the old one : his flagging energies must be quickened by motion , or swelled legs , general stiffness , and consequent disinclination to motion from the pain it ...
... rest will restore his limbs to their wonted elasticity ; not so with the old one : his flagging energies must be quickened by motion , or swelled legs , general stiffness , and consequent disinclination to motion from the pain it ...
Page 63
... rest alternately . " " In former times it was a frequent practice , if a hunter got a little stale , to " give the old horse a year's run ; " and the groom would prognosticate , and the master feel assured , that old Topthorn would come ...
... rest alternately . " " In former times it was a frequent practice , if a hunter got a little stale , to " give the old horse a year's run ; " and the groom would prognosticate , and the master feel assured , that old Topthorn would come ...
Page 64
... rest to recover from unusual exertion . They have not been long enough accustomed to it for habit to have fami- liarised its effects either to their limbs , muscles , or constitution , all of which suffer considerable tem- porary ...
... rest to recover from unusual exertion . They have not been long enough accustomed to it for habit to have fami- liarised its effects either to their limbs , muscles , or constitution , all of which suffer considerable tem- porary ...
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