A History of the English Turf, Vol. 2 (Classic Reprint)

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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.