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...Western horses. Three years later the U. S. Government could not find enough first-class saddle horses to equip a single cavalry division (4,000 horses). Previously Western horses had deteriorated through large purchases by the British for the Boer War and because of an admixture of homesteaders' draught horses with the sturdier stock taken West by pioneers. All Western horses contain some of the blood of the wild herds descended from the "Twelve Immortals," the dozen horses taken into Mexico by Cortes. Descendants of the "Twelve Immortals" roamed north into Texas and California, from lack of food grew...
...loved him, slaved for him, but it was a long time since he had noticed her. He was wrapped up in his Idea: the prevention of all disease by the perfection of the human body. Strong in his enthusiastic faith, he subjected his husky little daughter to every possible draught and germ. "She grew to be large and strong. Occasionally she suffered from a slight concussion of the brain, but she never caught a cold in the head...
...Gingerly Pilot Dixon nosed the Columbia to within 50 ft. of the ground, when a sudden down-gust slapped the craft to earth. The impact knocked the engines askew, twisted the propellers into pretzels-one blade piercing the envelope. Before the ground crew could capture the ship an up-draught bounced it away again into the gale, ballooning crazily and quite out of control. Over the flatlands near Flushing Bay Pilot Dixon signalled Mechanic John Blair to yank the ripcord which would open a 25-ft. gash in the top of the helium cell, dropping the blimp instantly. Mechanic Blair...
...eight or ten times the size of that of an ordinary house radiator, which is situated in an enclosed room. Cold air will be blown into this room, heated by the radiator, and then distributed to all parts of the chapel by a large number of branching pipes. The draught will be forced by a huge exhaust fan, which has been placed in the tower and will draw the air up through the building and out through the tower. There is also a smaller radiator in another enclosed room, under the choir, for use in heating that part...
...love affair between the children of the two publicans and by the entrance of hijackers. It ends happily. For folk who enjoy anti-Prohibition propaganda on the stage, apothegms such as "The dry law is all wet" will prove appealing. A very nice, light lager was on draught in the lobby on the opening night...