Though I never owned a horse, have I not been the proprietor of six equine females, of which one was the prettiest little "Morgin" that ever stepped?

I had the idea that her honest vulgar little legatee and his speculations as a horse-breeder might make a good subject for a character-comedian; but I suppose the late LORD GEORGE SANGER is the only man who could have produced the right equine cast.

However, in a little Charlie stopped, and raised his nose high in the air, as if to look for his old equine companions.

The Curragh of Kildare, the long-standing headquarters of the Irish Turf Club, was celebrated far back in the eighteenth century as the venue of some great equine contests; and to this day, with its five important fixtures every year, it still holds pride of place.

She has rolled herself again and again in the warm earth and shaken herself after each roll with an equine delight most pleasant to see.

Whether his equine experience was of any use to him in the selection of the mate with whom he was to go in double harness so long as they both should live, we need not stop to question.

In answer to his voice an equine face, peculiarly reflective of trail wisdom, bony and large, particularly over the eyes, slowly turned toward its master.

Adult and youthful figures, in attitudes of vehement attack and resistance, had to be modelled; and the conditions of the myth required that one at least of them should be brought into harmony with equine forms.

Out of the drizzly, misty rain along a muddy road and turning past us came the Indian cavalry, which, like the British cavalry, had fought on foot in the trenches, while their horses led the leisurely life of true equine gentry.

It had an enormous equine head, with gigantic ears, and seemed to peer steadfastly down into the arena.

A most valuable contribution to this study is an article published in 1896 by Professor Mettam.[A] Here the question is dealt with in a manner that must effectually silence all other views save such as are based upon similar methods of investigationnamely, histological examination of sections of equine hoofs in various stages of foetal development.

He evidently was, and responded by blowing her an ostentatious equine kiss.

Why are you so glum?" "My friend has been taken prisoner by a bad Witch," explained the boy, who felt an inexplicable trust for this equine newcomer.

(The Child ponders upon this answer with a view to a fresh catechism upon the equine passion for entertainment, and the desirability, or otherwise, of gratifying it.)

That glimpse of equine perfection had been an illusion built of spirit and attitude; when the head of the stallion fell she saw the daylight truth: that this was either the wreck of a young horse or the sad ruin of a fine animal now grown old.

He reflects for a few years on the subject of cats; and at last discovers in the cat "the characteristic equine quality of caudality, or a tail"; so that cats are horses, and wave on every tree-top the tail which is the equine banner.

As solicited by thee, receive this science of dice from me, and, O Vahuka, let my equine science remain with thee in trust."

He seemed to stand asleep, dreaming of some Nirvana for equine souls.

" "I am unfamiliar with that means of locomotion," said the doctor with serious eyes, "and in fact have not carried my acquaintance with the equine species beyond a purely experimental stage.

And on several occasions he found her there, exhibiting all the equine symptoms of extreme fear.

Rest had given the great equine trio renewed life.

He reflects for a few years on the subject of cats; and at last discovers in the cat "the characteristic equine quality of caudality, or a tail"; so that cats are horses, and wave on every tree-top the tail which is the equine banner.

So they all said their good-byes and parted, and the two equine-type creatures headed in one direction and the four mismatched friends in the other.