| 单词 | Percheron |
| 例句 | An hour after the death certificate is signed, Lucinda is laid out in the water well of the hippopotamus car and hitched to a team of twenty-four black Percherons with feathers on their headbands. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z There’s a line of glorious Percherons behind the big top, every one of them gleaming white. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z There were dappled Percherons from France and shire geldings of tremendous size built to bear the weight of men in armor. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z He indicated the big Percheron, which stood staring off in an empty fashion into space. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z The list prices, naturally, appeared in italics; like Percheron horses, none existed on the market for sale at any figure. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z Horse after horse appears, heavy bob-tailed Percherons that clomp down the ramps, snorting and blowing and already in harness. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z As soon as the wagons are hitched to teams, the Percherons lean into their harnesses and drag their heavy loads across the field. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z “I can buy a Percheron colt from Sidney’s for five thousand dollars,” he said aloud. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z Tugboats are the workhorses of the maritime industry, and you don’t expect them to race, any more than you would a Clydesdale or a Percheron. 8 Things to Do With Your Kids in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2019-08-29T04:00:00Z "France abandoned us when the coal stopped, and we became a ghost town," said regional president Daniel Percheron. Louvre comes to poor French city, raising eyebrows 2012-12-04T18:46:05Z Brian Daniels, one of the three hunt masters, sat astride Lance, 6, a Percheron/thoroughbred/paint cross. When the horn calls, fox hunters, hounds and horses respond 2018-12-08T05:00:00Z Two black Percherons pulled the caisson slowly up to the top of the hill as Gabe’s fellow soldiers walked alongside. Imperfect answers: A son killed in action and his parents ask why 2018-05-24T04:00:00Z “He farmed that thousand acres with big Percheron horses. All of those barns are full of stalls that housed those Percheron horses,” Doman said. Barns major part of the Yakima Valley landscape 2017-09-16T04:00:00Z Their protests were interrupted briefly when Spartacus, a stately Percheron draft horse, got spooked, sending bystanders scrambling. Mayor de Blasio’s Plan on Horse-Drawn Carriages Keeps Gaining Critics 2016-01-19T05:00:00Z It’s a recent Saturday at the peak of fall season, and Branham is unloading his Percherons at the Concordia Language Villages, north of Bemidji. 1,700-pound horses power fall color wagon rides 2015-10-12T04:00:00Z They chatted as they unloaded quarter horses, paints, a Percheron, an Arab cross and a mule. Trail riders in central Minnesota seek scenery, solitude 2015-07-14T04:00:00Z But this beast-of-burden service is a spectacle that draws children to the curbside to see the giant dappled Percherons, and passers-by to snap cellphone photos and video from their vehicles. Horse-drawn trash service behooves 2 communities 2015-05-13T04:00:00Z He also breeds and raises Clydesdale and Percheron draft horses. New veterinarian appointed to horse racing board 2014-06-30T04:00:00Z Daniel Percheron, president of the Nord-Pas de Calais region, sees a political aspect to the opening. Louvre opens new wing in the north 2012-12-05T10:08:22Z This breed is growing rapidly in favour in Canada, but in the United States the Percheron, with its round bone and short pasterns, holds the field. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 6 "Home, Daniel" to "Hortensius, Quintus" 2012-03-15T02:00:32.250Z Of the heavy-flanked Percheron breed of horse are the ladies on the canvases of Cézanne. Unicorns 2012-03-14T02:00:26.677Z The correct diagnosis is… Bilateral stroke of the reticular activating system, which supports the brain’s sleep and wake cycle, related to an unusual blood vessel variant called the artery of Percheron. Well Blog: Think Like a Doctor: Sleeping Wife Solved! 2012-02-03T17:06:33Z The breeds of cattle most encouraged in Argentina are Shorthorns and Herefords, Lincolns predominating in Sheep and Clydesdales and Percherons in Horses. The Argentine Republic 2011-09-12T02:00:30.217Z I was looking out of one of the dormer windows as she spoke, and saw little Pete on the white Percheron, galloping clumsily up the driveway. A Cry in the Wilderness 2011-06-01T02:00:28.933Z Even a pair of Percherons which were perfectly placid in St. Louis, where I got them, stepped up like hackneys when they reached Denver. Abroad at Home American Ramblings, Observations, and Adventures of Julian Street 2011-04-27T02:00:23.800Z Then they swayed to one side, and VB uttered a low cry of joy as the Captain's teeth buried themselves in the back of the Percheron's neck. I Conquered 2011-04-15T02:00:19.800Z The stamp varied from nearly thoroughbred to Clydesdale and Percheron stud-horses, with a fair number of mares and foals. Two Years in Oregon 2011-02-16T03:00:33.293Z Once it seemed as if Percherons alone were worthy of beer-wagons. The Invisible Censor 2011-01-29T03:00:20.267Z So she took matters into her own hands and was soon on the telephone to the Met, which purchased a Hereford bull and a Percheron stallion. Helen Boehm, the Princess of Porcelain, Dies at 89 2010-11-20T08:36:00Z Sid romped home like a Percheron colt and Bacon got to first. The Crimson Sweater The sounds of conflict became fainter as the Percheron strove to make his escape and the Captain relentlessly followed him, the desire to kill crying from his every line. I Conquered 2011-04-15T02:00:19.800Z We found the Oregon mare girthed nearly a foot more round the body behind the shoulders than the Percheron horse. Two Years in Oregon 2011-02-16T03:00:33.293Z It satisfied the faith that there was Design in creation, but the Percheron is not needed. The Invisible Censor 2011-01-29T03:00:20.267Z Here we see a group of splendid dappled grey Percheron draught horses, the pride of a stock-farm. Across the Continent by the Lincoln Highway Percherons are also bred in different parts of Canada, and a few Belgian draught horses have been introduced. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 2 "Camorra" to "Cape Colony" He did so shaking his head, followed by his shining Percherons, which were as majestic as elephants, but as gentle as sheep. The Ten-foot Chain or, Can Love Survive the Shackles? A Unique Symposium The Shetland pony and the Percheron draught-horse are the two extremes of size. Earth and Sky Every Child Should Know Easy studies of the earth and the stars for any time and place It possessed the narrowest of narrow gauges, and its rolling-stock consisted of flat cars three feet wide, drawn by splendid Percherons. With the French in France and Salonika I made the gestures, but the sentiments were those of the four-ton Percheron charger, Little Medicine, dam Eloquent. Nye and Riley's Wit and Humor (Poems and Yarns) The Percheron was doing all the work, and it seemed that he would have got along far better in single harness, than he managed with his inferior mates retarding his speed. The Clock that Had no Hands And Nineteen Other Essays About Advertising They have a magnificent breed of heavy horses called the heavy Fleming or Belgian, which is like a great Percheron with a flat bone and a foot or so sawed off its legs. "The Red Watch" With the First Canadian Division in Flanders They like docile teams—scientific Percherons to pull the big red wagon. Revenge He has a herd of 80 Guernsey cows in milk and is breeding Percheron, registered polling horses and Chester White hogs. The Young Farmer: Some Things He Should Know A fifty-yard rope wouldn't interfere much with that gay young Percheron of yours, and it would save you lots of time rounding him up. At Good Old Siwash The Percheron draught-horse is raised for export as well as for home use; mules are extensively raised for the army wagon-trains of Great Britain and Germany. Commercial Geography A Book for High Schools, Commercial Courses, and Business Colleges A heavy brewery team, drawn by noble Percherons, rumbled past them down the slip. Flamsted quarries The Black Angus and the White-Faced Herefords followed, and where once were only scattering droves of skinny pintos, now were to be seen shaggy-legged Shire horses, and dappled Percherons. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 11 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Businessmen This is not the rule, however, as the foal up to birth usually accommodates itself to the size of the dam, as illustrated in the successful crossing of Percheron stallions on mustang mares. Special Report on Diseases of the Horse Topknot fowls and ducks are as healthy as those which do not have such appendages, and a Shetland pony is as healthy as a Percheron horse, notwithstanding the difference in their size and weight. Scientific American, Volume XLIII., No. 25, December 18, 1880 A Weekly Journal of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, and Manufactures. Formerly "strings" of oxen or Percheron horses were used, but they are now largely superseded by some form of donkey engine, Fig. Handwork in Wood He patted the noble Percherons and felt their warmth under the blankets. Flamsted quarries He had positive views as to the value of Clydesdales compared with Percherons. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 11 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Businessmen From the small, bony, coarse, and shaggy horse of ancient times have descended the heavy Norman, or Percheron, draft horse and the fleet Arab courser. Agriculture for Beginners Revised Edition The owner of the Percheron brought a horse doctor, who made a careful examination, but he was unable to determine anything more than that the horses had died of a virulent poison. A Busy Year at the Old Squire's There were many heavy wagons, it was true, but these were all drawn by stocky Percherons and big Western grays or stout Canada blacks who seemed fully equal to the task. Horses Nine Stories of Harness and Saddle One, with 1,500 acres, all told, does a large dairying business and raises registered Dorset horn sheep, large white Yorkshire swine, registered Guernsey cattle, and Percheron horses. History and Comprehensive Description of Loudoun County, Virginia It was a black horse of gigantic build like a Percheron, with feet as large as a half-bushel measure, and a huge rough mane. The Forest of Swords A Story of Paris and the Marne "I want the team, if I can get it at a reasonable figure; they're real good beasts with the imported Percheron strain strong in them," he said. Ranching for Sylvia They were not so showy as the larger, dappled Percherons, perhaps, but they were better all-round horses. A Busy Year at the Old Squire's It was a one-horse canal, for many of the gaily painted boats were drawn only by a single, shaggy-limbed Percheron. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 02 Little Journeys To the Homes of Famous Women A fourth, with 1,000 acres, fattens cattle for market and breeds Percheron horses, thoroughbreds, hackneys, and cattle. History and Comprehensive Description of Loudoun County, Virginia The heavy-flanked Percheron horses are of the same order as the Rubens women. Promenades of an Impressionist There were sounds to which he could attach a meaning: a rattle of harness which indicated that his driving team was being loosened, a thud of hoofs as the heavier Percherons were led away. Ranching for Sylvia Pushing on through the alders, we saw one of the Percherons near the Morgan. A Busy Year at the Old Squire's The entries consisted of horses—Percherons, Clydesdales, hackneys, and English coach animals. Final Report of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Commission The apple is not the crab, but the Northern Spy; the horse is not the mustang, but the Percheron or the German roadster. The Church and Modern Life Meanwhile he had taken on weight until, as one of his friends remarked, "Most any hoss but a Percheron draft would shy the minute Bud tried to put his foot in the stirrup." Jim Waring of Sonora-Town Tang of Life Closer at hand, another man was running hard beside one of the Percherons, and while Grant watched him he made an effort to scramble up on the back of the unsaddled animal, but slipped off. Ranching for Sylvia None of us had the heart either to carry the sad news or even to send word of it to Mrs. Kennard; but we notified the owner of the Percherons at once. A Busy Year at the Old Squire's Henry often would fix up his Blooded Stock for the County Fair and tie Blue Ribbons on the Percherons and Herefords, but it was never noticed that he tied any Blue Ribbons on the Wife. More Fables In Nature, January 9, 1892, is an account of a Percheron horse whose mane measured 13 feet and whose tail measured almost ten feet, probably the greatest example of excessive mane development on record. Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine These heavy and ponderous labourers were the Percherons and Clydesdales of a domesticated and scientifically bred human species. City of Endless Night He forgot his pain and dizziness, he even forgot he had been assaulted; he was conscious only of a burning wish to see Lansing ride down the fellow who was running beside the Percheron. Ranching for Sylvia He took away his other Percheron colt; and during the day all the other persons who had colts up there took their animals home. A Busy Year at the Old Squire's Chat Noir was a horse of purest Norman ancestry; his Percheron blood was as untainted as his intelligence was unclouded by having no mixtures of tongues with which to deal. In and out of Three Normady Inns Among such herds on exhibit are Shorthorn cattle, Berkshire swine and Percheron horses. The Jewel City Luckily he extricated himself in time, and on reaching the margin of the swamp, there stood an old pet of his tethered as if waiting for its loved rider, a vigorous Norman or Percheron steed. Picturesque Quebec : a sequel to Quebec past and present "This is the man that drove off Mr. Grant's Percheron and stabbed my horse." Ranching for Sylvia No one would think of using a fine trotter to draw a grocery wagon nor a Percheron to do the work of a little mule. Shop Management What was this order, this command the quick Percheron hearing had overheard? In and out of Three Normady Inns This he held before the little stallion, who thrust his head in above his nostrils and drank as greedily as a Percheron weighing a ton. The Blind Spot Then Tasper Britt arrived in the room, followed by the bank examiner; they entered, breathing heavily and running with the tread of Percherons. When Egypt Went Broke While he examined them, Charnock, sprinkled with dusty snow, came up, leading a heavy Percheron team. The Girl from Keller's I gave the best imitation I could of a disqualified Percheron being led out of Madison Square Garden. Sixes and Sevens A peasant had brought his horse to the bank; the river, to both peasant and Percheron, was evidently considered as a personal possession—as are all rivers to those who live near them. In and out of Three Normady Inns Phil heard a rustling over behind the straw stack, and then out trotted a big, black draft horse, a heavy-footed, broad-backed Percheron, to his astonishment. The Circus Boys Across the Continent : or, Winning New Laurels on the Tanbark Neither am I. A month ago I was pushing the lines over the backs of the finest team of Percheron buffaloes that ever made their mile down Fifth Avenue in 2.85. Strictly business: more stories of the four million The horses were big, valuable Percherons, but they were exhausted and stood slackly, with steam rising from their foam-flecked coats. The Girl from Keller's She saw the empty, silent land rolling back to the West; the ox-teams slowly breaking the first furrow, and then the big Percheron horses and gasoline tractors taking their place. The Girl from Keller's Sometimes six, sometimes eight, even so many as ten, marched with great gravity, and with that majestic dignity only possible to full-blooded Percherons, one after the other. In and out of Three Normady Inns |
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