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The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea
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2006
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horse. 1. An elevated rod, fixed at both ends and parallel with the deck of a sailing vessel, to which the sheets of sails can be led. Lateral movement of the sheet is made by means of a
traveller which can slide from side to side of the horse according to the
trim of the sail. Before
yachts were
Bermudan rigged with
foresails that overlapped the mainsail, a horse was fitted mainly for use with
foresails. In old-fashioned sailing
dinghies, the mainsail sheet is sometimes led to a small horse fitted on the boat's
counter or
taffrail. See also
flemish horse.
2. See
footropes.
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Horse traction in Victorian London
Magazine article from: The Journal of Transport History; 9/1/2005; ; 700+ words
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 "Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)")
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 "The Economist (US)")
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History of horses online
Newspaper article from: New Straits Times; 1/6/2003; ; 700+ words
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; ...fliers of missing horses, she said. But sometimes a horse's identifiable...permanently brands a horse without the pain...brand. Her six horses are branded on...people realize a horse is missing, the...wandered off. "The horses never left that...
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HORSE ABUSE TRIAL GETS UNDER WAY
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; ...Zachary Schram, has horses at the same facility...he saw Stearns hit the horse on the buttocks with...Throwing small rocks near a horse is not unheard of in...Cheyenne has been training horses since he was 10. Testifying...uncommon to tie up a horse's leg to make it submit...
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; ...all varieties of horses like what occurred...mid-1980s when horse meat markets were...feed suggests that horse owners may be keeping their horses longer than ever...example. Feeding horses Forage. The horse is fundamentally...
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Newspaper article from: Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO); 1/5/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...Show, Rodeo and Horse Show features them...large imposing draft horses to nimble little...National Western's Horse Show. The new event...to working ranch horses, which must be...we have the open horses for the American Horse Shows Association...
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Respecting horses, restoring the land
Newspaper article from: Yakima Herald-Republic; 1/16/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...culture, the wild horse is all but forgotten. Historically, horses were commonly used...the daily uses of horses have long been abandoned...most Yakama. "The horse was like a dollar...handful of the wild horses, and record horse movement on a map...
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horse
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
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Horses
Book article from: Animal Sciences
...The history of the horse is an excellent example...evolutionary "tree." Horses did not evolve in...thriving communities of horses now exist in most...ancestors of the horse were browsers who...structure to the modern horse, but that had bumpy...grinding teeth horses have today. ...
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Horse
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
...than 3 million horses and mules on farms...Breeds American horse breeders carefully...specific types of horses. The American Quarter Horse is the first horse...purse to Quarter Horses that sprint 440...American Quarter Horse Heritage Center...
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horse racing
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
horse racing trials of speed involving two or more horses. It includes races among harnessed...three four-mile heats between two horses. Development of Modern Horse Racing Steeplechase (the racing of horses over a course with hurdles and shallow...
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SIC 0272 Horses and Other Equines
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of American Industries
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