More Marvellous Leaps.
Of the marvellous leaps made by horses few statistics exist, but the celebrated steeplechaser, The Chandler, on one occasion, cleared 89 feet over a :smaU 'brook Wji^fracing at Warwick, the ; extr'a\ Seiffsaon being called for to enable the animal to clear some six or seven other horses and riders that had come to grief before him. At the Chicago Horse Show ..a horse leaping contest was recently arranged, when, at the close of the evening two horses, Rosebury and Ontario, tied at the astonishing heigh th of Oft lOfin. Next evening the contest was resumed,, when Rosebury , was declared; , winner [ qsffcer be had cleared 6ft il£in. It is inter-., esting to note that horses are as amenable as human beings to the exciting influences supplied by artiflciaj light and th<j, cheering of a tyjmultuouisorowd.il .|
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Manawatu Herald, 13 June 1893, Page 2
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137More Marvellous Leaps. Manawatu Herald, 13 June 1893, Page 2
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