Identifier: americanturfregi14skin (find matches)
Title: American turf register and sporting magazine
Year: 1843 (1840s)
Authors: Skinner, J. S., ed
Subjects: Horse-racing Horses Sports
Publisher: Baltimore, Md. : J.S. Skinner
Contributing Library: University of New Hampshire Library
Digitizing Sponsor: University of New Hampshire Library

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black bull, theycharged the centre of the line. The extremities of the rope beingkept taught, the foremost ones fell over it, when a rush was madeon them, and, before they could recover their legs, they werefirmly tied with spun yarn. In this manner, from five to.six werecaught at a.hmiJ, when, having a rope secured round the horns, andanother to one of their hind legs, the lashings were cast off, andthey were worked down to the boat. It is a most amusing employ-ment ; and many a tumble and capsize occurred during the day;fortunately, no accident happened. We tried hard to get our friend,the chief, but he always escaped. He charged, once, the placewhere poor Fox (late lieutenant of the Nimrod) was standing, whobroke the butt of a musket over his nose, at which he shook hishead, but continued his career. Two or three were knocked downby the men of the 18th, who, when these animals charged right onthem, dexterously hit them between the eyes with stones.—Bmg-ham^s Expedition to China.
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( 245 ) ©It ©raining tl)c Kacc-^orsc. BY RICHARD DARVILL, VET. SURGEON.Resumed Jlom the April Nutnber of the Turf Re);iiter, paqc 185. ON THE USE OF DIFFERENT REINS. There are some race-horses in training, which are not easilyheld by the very light weights, in plain snaffles or Pelhani bridles,and it occasionally happens that some horses are more delicate ontheir fore legs than others ; therefore it does not answer to put upgreat heavy boys to ride them in their gallops and sweats, moreparticularly if they require to be in strong work, or are youngones. Therefore, with a view to preserve the legs of such horses,it is necessary to put small boys up to ride them ; and to givethese boys sufficient power, the groom has recourse to difierentsorts of reins, or martingals, just according as horses are foundto require them. Jockies, of course, are well acquainted with theuse of them. The difficulty lies in getting young, inexperiencedboys to use them properly ; for, unless repeatedly cautio

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