The Sporting review, ed. by 'Craven'., Τόμος 40John William Carleton 1858 |
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... young gentleman who came to Rugeley in full Highland costume , determined to woo and win her , and they live with the old lady opposite the church . 66 The The Four - in - Hand Club had their fourth and last meet of the season on Friday ...
... young gentleman who came to Rugeley in full Highland costume , determined to woo and win her , and they live with the old lady opposite the church . 66 The The Four - in - Hand Club had their fourth and last meet of the season on Friday ...
Σελίδα 13
... young which were bought in were sold , through Mr. Tattersall , the next Monday , to Mr. H. Villebois , who bid rather stiffly for them at the sale ; and Treadwell , who had reached the Wimborne station with his wife , and was just ...
... young which were bought in were sold , through Mr. Tattersall , the next Monday , to Mr. H. Villebois , who bid rather stiffly for them at the sale ; and Treadwell , who had reached the Wimborne station with his wife , and was just ...
Σελίδα 21
... young horses . Those who ride and drive for health and amusement , although their wealth may enable them to purchase horses perfectly tractable , cannot fail to enhance their pleasures by the confidence which a know- ledge of Mr ...
... young horses . Those who ride and drive for health and amusement , although their wealth may enable them to purchase horses perfectly tractable , cannot fail to enhance their pleasures by the confidence which a know- ledge of Mr ...
Σελίδα 22
... young horses thus to run wild - of neglecting the important conciliating attentions of handling and caressing them - is perfectly wrong , and at variance with economy , cannot be disputed ; but if Mr. Rarey could exert an influence over ...
... young horses thus to run wild - of neglecting the important conciliating attentions of handling and caressing them - is perfectly wrong , and at variance with economy , cannot be disputed ; but if Mr. Rarey could exert an influence over ...
Σελίδα 24
... young clover , and the tender grass which grows between the " full hassocks , " and effecting the destruction of nearly the whole colonial community . Thus bad begins , but worse remains behind . The foumart , actuated by the expectancy ...
... young clover , and the tender grass which grows between the " full hassocks , " and effecting the destruction of nearly the whole colonial community . Thus bad begins , but worse remains behind . The foumart , actuated by the expectancy ...
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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.