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Title: The horse and the hound : their various uses and treatment, including practical illustrations in horsemanship and a treatise on horse-dealing
Year: 1842 (1840s)
Authors: Nimrod, 1778-1843
Subjects: Horses Hounds Horsemanship
Publisher: Edinburgh : Adam and Charles Black
Contributing Library: Webster Family Library of Veterinary Medicine
Digitizing Sponsor: Tufts University

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a neighbour wished to have him, and at apretty high premium, as the term is, for he wasvery perfect in his form. On having him examined,however, after giving him a gallop, by a veterinarysurgeon, he was pronounced thick-winded, and thedeal did not take place. He, however, turned outa capital hunter, and became the property of thepresent Lord Wenloch, then Mr. Beillby Lanley,at a large price. The price of the hunter varies with the times,and, no doubt, is as much regulated by the price ofwheat as the quartern loaf is. During the warprices, the sum of a thousand guineas was occa-sionally given, and that of five hundred guineasfrequently. Half the last-mentioned sum now com-mands a first-rate hunter. But first-rate horses,in all ages of the world, have ever produced extra-vagant prices. It is recorded of Alexander theGreat, that he gave four Roman talents for Buce-phalus, which approaches near to the Melton Mow-bray prices, and those, we may safely conclude,stand at the head of the list.
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Ill THE HACKNEY, THE COVER HACK THE PARK HACK THE LADY S HORSE FORM OF THE HACKNEY HEIGHT STRENGTH IMPORTANCE OF SOUND FEET ACTION AND PACES THE PACK HORSE THE COB—THE GALLOWAY THE PONY. Under this term are comprised the following:—The Cover Hack, the Park Hack, the LadysHorse, the Roadster, the Cob, the Galloway, andthe Pony. The difficulty of procuring really good hacks isadmitted by all persons who have kept them forthe various purposes of either business or pleasure,and for the following obvious reasons. First, veryfew people try to breed hackneys, therefore, al-though we require them to be nearly perfect inshape and action, (and perfect they should be tobe really good hacks,) they may be said to befailures in the breeding stud after all. Secondly,by reason of their appearing to be failures in theircolthood, they are not forced into good shape, asmore promising young horses are, by high keepand care. Lastly, if a man has a really good hack,he is unwilling to dispose of it at t

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