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Σελίδα 1
... things we saw ; but he has not the forehand of his sister , and is a still later foal . In fact , he only dates from May 28th . There is a slight symptom of a curb , which seems rather to run in this family ; and his half - brother ...
... things we saw ; but he has not the forehand of his sister , and is a still later foal . In fact , he only dates from May 28th . There is a slight symptom of a curb , which seems rather to run in this family ; and his half - brother ...
Σελίδα 3
... thing ; but John had to " catch the Speaker's eye " several times before it could be achieved . There is no mistaking Scott's eye , when he means it . This colt's head was remarkably beautiful and tapering ; and some said he was for ...
... thing ; but John had to " catch the Speaker's eye " several times before it could be achieved . There is no mistaking Scott's eye , when he means it . This colt's head was remarkably beautiful and tapering ; and some said he was for ...
Σελίδα 5
... thing to keep till just on the post , though Cotswold's defeat by half a length at 191b . for two years was better ... things . Sedbury's victory in the Vase is one of that long list of utter flukes which racing men trea- sure up . " The ...
... thing to keep till just on the post , though Cotswold's defeat by half a length at 191b . for two years was better ... things . Sedbury's victory in the Vase is one of that long list of utter flukes which racing men trea- sure up . " The ...
Σελίδα 12
... thing of twenty - five minutes , when they were out at exercise , early in April . Crossing the line of a fox , off they went ; and the whips and huntsmen , who were merely on cubbers , could not stop them , and so to ground at Kexby ...
... thing of twenty - five minutes , when they were out at exercise , early in April . Crossing the line of a fox , off they went ; and the whips and huntsmen , who were merely on cubbers , could not stop them , and so to ground at Kexby ...
Σελίδα 13
... things seem to have taken a good turn , and every one is satisfied ; though , perhaps , the horses are not exactly such as " Tearaway Jack " has been used to for these 14 seasons past . There is a story of his screwing through a ...
... things seem to have taken a good turn , and every one is satisfied ; though , perhaps , the horses are not exactly such as " Tearaway Jack " has been used to for these 14 seasons past . There is a story of his screwing through a ...
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20 added 25 added 50 added 50 sovs aged Aldcroft bad third Baron Rothschild's Bay Middleton Beadsman beat Birdcatcher birds Bray Bullock Capt Challoner Chanticleer Charlton Clifden's Cliff's colt Cotherstone Count Batthyany's Cresswell Custance Dawson's Deer Derby Ducker East Langton Edwards Ethon Exmoor extra Faugh-a-Ballagh fillies fish Flatman Flying Dutchman Fordham gorse Grimshaw half a length HANDICAP SWEEPSTAKES Harry Stanley head heats horse hounds hunting jockeys Lady Lord mare Mellish's Merry's Mert's neck never Newmarket Night Ranger Orlando Osborne Osborne's paid 5 sovs Parr's PLATE of 50 Plumb Pritchard QUEEN'S PLATE race salmon saved his stake Saxon's season second and third second received second saved Snowden sport sportsman subs Teddington Thompson's three lengths three years old trout Waterford's Williams's winner paid winner was sold Won by half Won by three-quarters Won easily yachts
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Σελίδα 58 - ... 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 190 - 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 326 - tis sweet to view on high The rainbow, based on ocean, span the sky. '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 240 - 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 281 - The scattering lead pursues the certain sight, And death in thunder overtakes their flight.
Σελίδα 243 - 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 279 - ... near which place the young ones lay concealed in the grass, which the old bird no sooner perceived than she flew back again to us, settled just before the dog's nose again, and by rolling and tumbling about, drew off his attention from her young, and thus preserved her brood a second time.
Σελίδα 48 - 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 300 - I presumed, expounding the law and the prophets ; until, on drawing a little nearer, I found he was only expatiating on the merits of a brown horse.
Σελίδα 278 - 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...