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Das Pferd mit seinen verschiedenen Raçen
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Misc. Subj. LXXXVII. Vol. VI. No. 27., THE HORSE WITH IT'S DIFFERENT RACES., Fig. 1. The Turkish horse., Platc has in the middle a round-opening, the nailholes are rather round, than i, Fig. 2. The Russian horse., IlOrfe. Tartarian, and has therefore much in com- The indigenous RtSfcari horfe is chiefly mon with them. Thefe horfes are power- to be fought in Great- Pmffia. It has no fine fui, nimble, mettlefome and of good breath, ftaturc, but is middle- fi/.'d; the head is foeafily bear all fatigues without prejudice to mewhat big and flefhy, the front fiat, the their health, and grow very old. It is the- eye phlegmatic, the neck fhort and thick, refore commonly faid of thefe horfes:, ,they the breaft broad, the croup ftrong, the legs die without being become old"; lince old cover'd with hairs, the hoof more flat, than age itfelf nothing robs of their prerogatives, prominent, the tail and the mane long. It's The Turks are wont to fhoe their horfes with character is quiet, obedient and docile. They a particular sort of iron, which confifts of are efpecially excellent and durable drawinga plate, that in the forepart and on the Tides horfes, able to make in a fhort time journeys has ihe roundnefs of the hoof, and behind in of more than loo Miles, and obdurate againft the balls terminates in a blunt point. This any change of weather.
