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  • They call these (first mentioned in the reign of Ahmes, B.C. 1600) the “sons of horses”; as opposed to “sons of mares,” or thorough-breds.

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

  • I had an argument with my host as to their value compared with that of the steam-engine, in which I forced him to admit that the iron horse is the better of the two, because it performs more work, eats less, has greater speed, and is not liable to the spavin or the heaves; but he wound up by saying, 'After all, I go for the thorough-breds.

    The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 3, March, 1862 Various

  • They had come down together at a blind fence; the horse, entangled in her habit, struck out _once_, as thorough-breds will, but it was a death-blow.

    Bluebell A Novel Mrs. George Croft Huddleston

  • Captain H----, an officer of the above named regiment, a true sporting character, owned a stud of the best thorough-breds in America.

    Lady Rosamond's Secret A Romance of Fredericton Rebecca Agatha Armour

  • The trouble is, he is not the only one who owns such a kennel of thorough-breds.

    The Boston Terrier and All About It A Practical, Scientific, and Up to Date Guide to the Breeding of the American Dog Edward Axtell

  • 'Two of my horses here are worth more than any eight of my slaves;' at the same time calling my attention to two magnificent thorough-breds, one of which had made

    The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 3, March, 1862 Various

  • Here and there, more plainly dressed, moving about quickly on their own thorough-breds, or talking to some neighbouring squire who knew the ground, were the few really sporting-men belonging to the university; who kept hunters in Oxford, simply because they were used to keep them at home, and had been brought up to look upon fox-hunting as their future vocation.

    Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 363, January, 1846 Various

  • It is raining; and the clumsy Bedford coach, drawn by stout Flemish mares, -- for thorough-breds are as yet unknown, -- is covered with a sail-cloth to keep the wet away from the six "insides."

    The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 73, November, 1863 Various

  • "Two of my horses are worth more than any eight of my slaves;" at the same time calling my attention to two magnificent thorough-breds, one of which had made "2.32" on the

    Among the Pines or, South in Secession Time James R. Gilmore

  • Half an hour afterward Guy was seated in the dog-cart bowling to the station as fast as two thorough-breds could take him; every moment congratulating himself on the increasing distance which was separating him from his bride of an hour.

    The Cryptogram A Novel James De Mille

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