The Sporting review, ed. by 'Craven'., Τόμος 40John William Carleton 1858 |
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... present dearth of good whips , he would be invaluable to any country . Hepatica and Zitella took the Voltigeur blood to the fore , and the latter was run well home by a Newminster colt ; Happy Land , even in half a mile , being ...
... present dearth of good whips , he would be invaluable to any country . Hepatica and Zitella took the Voltigeur blood to the fore , and the latter was run well home by a Newminster colt ; Happy Land , even in half a mile , being ...
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John William Carleton. the present and the past schools of perfect horsemanship . Hughes's knee , which almost prevented his limping into the enclosure at Epsom , has laid him on to the sofa at last , and he does not dare to hope to ...
John William Carleton. the present and the past schools of perfect horsemanship . Hughes's knee , which almost prevented his limping into the enclosure at Epsom , has laid him on to the sofa at last , and he does not dare to hope to ...
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... present the great Lincolnshire pet . It is said that Earl Fitz- william has offered Mr. Hobson £ 500 for her in vain , and that the latter has refused £ 1,000 from Baron Rothschild for his half - share in the flyer . The latter was not ...
... present the great Lincolnshire pet . It is said that Earl Fitz- william has offered Mr. Hobson £ 500 for her in vain , and that the latter has refused £ 1,000 from Baron Rothschild for his half - share in the flyer . The latter was not ...
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... present of Barrister , who has done the kennel immense good , to judge from the style of the entries by him , which form quite a family group of ten or eleven ; and Lord Middleton's Corporal , and Lord Yarborough's Clinker , were the ...
... present of Barrister , who has done the kennel immense good , to judge from the style of the entries by him , which form quite a family group of ten or eleven ; and Lord Middleton's Corporal , and Lord Yarborough's Clinker , were the ...
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... presents little , if any , more than the land ; but let a cow chase him , he would run away with his tail between his legs till he got to a place of safety ; all the hallooings of his master would not stop him , still less would any ...
... presents little , if any , more than the land ; but let a cow chase him , he would run away with his tail between his legs till he got to a place of safety ; all the hallooings of his master would not stop him , still less would any ...
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20 added 25 added 50 added 50 sovs aged Aldcroft bad third Baron Rothschild's Bay Middleton Beadsman beat Birdcatcher Bray Bullock Capt Challoner Chanticleer Charlton Clifden's Cliff's colt Cotherstone Count Batthyany's Cresswell Custance Dawson's Deer Derby Ducker Duke East Langton Edwards Ethon Exmoor extra Faugh-a-Ballagh fillies fish Flatman Flying Dutchman Fordham Grimshaw half a length half a mile HANDICAP SWEEPSTAKES Harrison's Harry Stanley head heats horse hounds hunting jockeys Lady Lord mare Mellish's Merry's Mert's neck never Newmarket Night Ranger once round Orlando Osborne Osborne's paid 5 sovs PLATE of 50 Plumb Pritchard QUEEN'S PLATE race saved his stake Saxon's season second and third second received second saved Snowden sport subs Teddington Thompson's three lengths three years old Waterford's Williams's winner paid winner was sold Won by half Won by three-quarters Won easily yachts
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Σελίδα 248 - The spinsters and the knitters in the sun, And the free maids that weave their thread with bones, Do use to chant it ; it is silly sooth, And dallies with the innocence of love, Like the old age.
Σελίδα 332 - Tis sweet to hear the watchdog's honest bark Bay deep-mouthed welcome as we draw near home; Tis sweet to know there is an eye will mark Our coming, and look brighter when we come...
Σελίδα 198 - Should I turn upon the true prince ? Why, thou knowest, I am as valiant as Hercules: but beware instinct; the lion will not touch the true prince. Instinct is a great matter ; I was a coward on instinct.
Σελίδα 62 - ... a custom loathsome to the eye, hateful to the nose, harmful to the brain, dangerous to the lungs, and in the black stinking fume thereof, nearest resembling the horrible Stygian smoke of the pit that is bottomless.
Σελίδα 287 - See how the well-taught pointer leads the way ; The scent grows warm ; he stops : he springs the prey; The fluttering coveys from the stubble rise, And on swift wing divide the sounding skies ; The scattering lead pursues the certain sight, And death in thunder overtakes their flight.
Σελίδα 251 - Her young forsake her downy plumes To rest upon thy opening blooms. Flower of the desert though thou art! The deer that range the mountain free, The graceful doe, the stately hart, Their food and shelter seek from thee; The bee thy earliest blossom greets, And draws from thee her choicest sweets.
Σελίδα 126 - But we their sons, a pamper'd race of men, Are dwindled down to threescore years and ten. Better to hunt in fields for health unbought Than fee the doctor for a nauseous draught. The wise for cure on exercise depend : God never made His work for man to mend.
Σελίδα 285 - I was hunting a young pointer, the dog ran on a brood of very small partridges: the old bird cried, fluttered, and ran tumbling along just before the dog's nose till she had drawn him to a considerable distance, when she took wing, and flew still farther off, but not out of the field: on this...
Σελίδα 187 - Won by three-quarters of a length, half a length between the second and third, a head between the third and fourth.
Σελίδα 21 - Lastly, the temper is of the utmost importance, by which must be understood not that gentleness at grass which may lead the breeder's family to pet the mare, but such a temper as will serve for the purposes of her rider, and will answer to the stimulus of the voice, whip, or spur.