Had I to choose by one point, it should be his head.' should not be too short, and he should have stout loins and wide hips, and good length from the latter to his hocks, which should be rather turned inwards. Added to this he should be large round the... The Sporting review, ed. by 'Craven'. - Page 78edited by - 1856Full view - About this book
| Henry Hall Dixon - 1856 - 266 pages
...should have stout loins and wide hips, and good length from the latter to his hocks, which should be rather turned inwards. Added to this, he should be...speedier his recovery from the effects of a hard day." We dare not attempt to decide the point of soundness between the advocates of large versus small feet,... | |
| Henry Hall Dixon - 1856 - 318 pages
...Melton, and went nearly as well at seventeen as when he was the subject of this dashing challenge. The great nurseries of English hunters are the North...especially on the Wolds, and the whole of Lincolnshire and Shropshire. The Lincolnshire hunters are still first-rate, but they are bred in fewer numbers than... | |
| Henry Charles Fitz Roy Somerset Beaufort (8th Duke of), Mowbray Morris - 1885 - 402 pages
...should have stout loins and wide hips, and good length from the latter to his hocks, which should be rather turned inwards. Added to this he should be...his recovery from the effects of a hard day.' The objections to thorough-bred hunters come mostly from heavy men. No doubt the system of handicapping... | |
| Henry Charles Fitz Roy Somerset Beaufort (8th Duke of), Mowbray Morris - 1885 - 402 pages
...should have stout loins and wide hips, and good length from the latter to his hocks, which should be rather turned inwards. Added to this he should be...the speedier his recovery from the effects of a hard day.1 The objections to thorough-bred hunters come mostly from heavy men. No doubt the system of handicapping... | |
| ALFRED E.T. WATSON - 1901 - 486 pages
...should have stout loins and wide hips, and good length from the latter to his hocks, which should be rather turned inwards. Added to this he should be...speedier his recovery from the effects of a hard day. 1 The objections to thorough-bred hunters come mostly from heavy men. No doubt the system of handicapping... | |
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