Theodore Andrea Cook
Published: 2016-10-04
Total Pages: 300
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Excerpt from A History of the English Turf, Vol. 2 He was a big horse, wrote Mr. Percival, the veterinary surgeon, in every sense of the word, tall in stature, lengthy and capacious in body, and large in his limbs. For a big horse his head was small and partook ofthe Arabian character his neck was unusually long; his shoulder was strong, sufficiently oblique, and although not remarkable for, not deficient in depth. His chest was circular; he rose very little on his withers, being higher behind than before his back was lengthy, and over the loins roached; his quarters were straight, square, and extended; his limbs were lengthy and broad, and his joints large, in particular his arms and thighs were long and muscular, and his knees and hocks broad and well-formed. Mr. John Lawrence says When I first saw him, his shoulder was very thick, but extensive and well placed his hindquarters appeared higher than his forehand; and it was said that no horse in his gallop ever threw his haunches with greater effect, his agility and his stride being on a par. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.