The Breeds of Live-stock: By Live-stock BreedersMacmillan, 1916 - 483 pages |
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Page 87 - ... 4. A mare sired by a registered standard trotting horse, provided she is the dam of two trotters with records of 2:30. 5. A mare sired by a registered standard trotting horse, provided her first, second and third dams are each sired by a registered standard trotting horse.
Page 86 - STANDARD. When an animal meets these requirements and Is duly registered It shall be accepted as a standard-bred trotter: 1.— The progeny of a registered standard trotting horse and a registered standard trotting mare, 2.— A stallion sired by a registered standard trotting horse, provided his dam and grandam were sired by registered standard trotting horses, and he himself has a trotting record of 2:30 and Is the sire of three trotters with records of 2 :30, from different mares.
Page 165 - The cavalry horse must be sound and well bred ; gen tie under the saddle ; free from vicious habits ; with free and prompt action at the walk, trot, and gallop ; without blemish or defect ; of a kind disposition ; with easy mouth and gait...
Page 102 - ... 4. A mare sired by a registered standard pacing horse, provided she is the dam of two pacers with records of 2.25. "5. A mare sired by a registered standard pacing horse, provided her first, second, and third dams are each sired by a registered standard pacing horse.
Page 167 - ... broad, and deep; fore legs straight and standing well under; barrel large and increasing from girth toward flank; withers elevated; back short and straight; loins and haunches broad and muscular; hocks well bent and under the horse; pasterns slanting and feet small and sound.
Page 87 - 3. A mare whose sire is a registered standard trotting horse, and whose dam and grandam were sired by registered standard trotting horses, provided she herself has a trotting record of 2:30, or is the dam of one trotter with a record of 2:30. "4. A mare sired by a registered standard trotting horse, provided she is the dam of two trotters with records of 2:30.
Page 161 - ... free and prompt action at the walk, trot, and gallop; free from vicious habits, without material blemish or defect, and otherwise to conform...
Page 366 - ... knotted and passed through the other hole of the swivel block, the loose end being tied to the kid's leg. Any swivel will take the place of this primitive method. The herder or owner can busy himself during the winter months by making stakes and swivels and by cutting and attaching the ropes. When a kid is born it is taken to a convenient place to stake, and the mother is gently coaxed to follow.
Page 229 - ... was described as an ugly, ill-formed animal with flat sides, cat-hammed, narrow and high hips with hollow back, yet possessing a lively eye, round barrel and deer-like limbs. The superiority of the Jersey over the cattle of the adjacent mainland of France was attributed to the circumstance of the farmers having constantly attended to raising stock from cows of the best and richest milking qualities. An organized attempt was made to give fixed beauty of form to the Jersey about 1835, at which...
Page 163 - ... slanting and feet sound and in good order. Long-legged, loose-jointed, long-bodied, and narrow-chested horses, as well as those which are restive, vicious, or too free in harness, or which do not, upon rigid inspection, meet the above requirements in every respect, will be rejected.