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Title: A new family encyclopedia, or, Compendium of universal knowledge : comprehending a plain and practical view of those subjects most interesting to persons, in the ordinary professions of life : illustrated by numerous engravings
Year: 1831 (1830s)
Authors: Goodrich, Charles A. (Charles Augustus), 1790-1862
Subjects: Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Publisher: Philadelphia : (s.n.)
Contributing Library: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Federally funded with LSTA funds through the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners

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AMERICAN ECLIPSE. This was a sorrel horse, with a star, and the near hind foot white, fif-teen hands three inches high, possessing a large share of bone and muscle,and excelling all horses of his day in the three great essentials of speed,stoutuess, and ability to carry weight. He was foaled in the year 1814.His pedigree is traced through the celebrated English horse, Messenger,Eclipse; up to the distinguished Godolphin Arabian, of which we havegiven a particular account, in a previous page. ENCYCLOPEDIA. 79 BEELFOUNDER. 5^ ^;P*>
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BELLFOUNDER. This celebrated horse is a bright bay, with black legs, standing 15hands high; his superior blood, symmetry and action excel those ofevery other trotting stallion. He is allowed by the best judges inNorfolk (Eng.) to be the fastest and best bred horse ever sent out of thatcountry. CRITERIA, AGE, &C OF HORSES. The general criteria of the qualities of the horse, observes Loudon, art-derived from inspection and trial. His outward appearance aaumgjudges affords a pretty just criterion of his powers, and a moderate trialusually enables the same judgment to decide on the disposition to exercisesuch powers. Color as a criterion of mental and personal qualities, is laid muchstress on by many persons: and notwithstanding the adage, that a goodhorse cannot be of a bad color; long experience has shown that, ingeneral cases, certain tints are usually accompanied by certain qualitiesof person or disposition. As a general rule, dark colored horses arecertainly the best; but black,

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