 ... to prevent a competitor from getting before them. The horses, on their part, are not without emulation, they tremble and are impatient, and are continually in motion: at last the signal once given, they strike, devour the course, hurrying along with...  Bentley's Miscellany - Page 6241850Full view - About this book
 | 1839 - 612 pages
...hurry along with unremitting swiftness. The jockeys, inspired with the thought of applause and the hope of victory, clap spurs to their willing horses, brandish their whips, and cheer them with their cries." Certainly this racing, if racing it was, is most unlike the " genius genuine " of the redoubted... | |
 | Edward Wedlake Brayley - London (England) - 1829 - 456 pages
...once given, they strike, devour the course, hurrying along with unremitting velocity. The jockies, inspired with the thoughts of applause, and the hopes of victory, clap spurs to the willing horses, brandish their whips, and cheer them with their cries. You would think, according... | |
 | 1831 - 796 pages
...along with unremitting swiftness. The jockeys, inspired with the thought of applause, and the hope of victory, clap spurs to their willing horses, brandish their whips, and cheer them with their cries.' This description reminds us of the more lengthened races of the present day, and proves the... | |
 | John Timbs - 1832 - 442 pages
...last, the signal once given, they strike, devour the course, hurrying along with unremitting velocity. The jockeys, inspired with the thoughts of applause,...horses, brandish their whips, and cheer them with their cries." Morysou, in his facete Itinerary, 1617, records a strange prejudice, which in some measure,... | |
 | William Hamilton Maxwell - Amusements - 1833 - 640 pages
...last the signal once given, they strike, devour the course, hurrying along with unremitting velocity. The jockeys, inspired with the thoughts of applause...horses, brandish their whips, and cheer them with their cries." In the middle ages there were certain seasons of the year when the nobility indulged themselves... | |
 | Joseph Strutt - Games - 1838 - 500 pages
...last the signal once given, they strike, devour the course, hurrying along with unremitting velocity. The jockeys, inspired with the thoughts of applause...horses, brandish their whips, and cheer them with their cries." III.— HORSE-RACING SEASONS. In the middle ages there were certain seasons of the year when... | |
 | Charles Knight - Great Britain - 1841 - 440 pages
...hurry along with unremitting swiftness. The jockeys, inspired with the thought of applause and the hope of victory, clap spurs to their willing horses, brandish their whips, and cheer them on with their cries." While this description reminds us of the races of the present day, it must be... | |
 | Henry Mead - Literary curiosa - 1846 - 254 pages
...signal once given, they strike, devour the course, hurrying along with unremitting velocity. The jockies inspired with the thoughts of applause and the hopes...horses, brandish their whips, and cheer them with their cries. In the middle ages there were certain seasons of the year when the nobility indulged themselves... | |
 | John Thomas Smith - Literary landmarks - 1846 - 484 pages
...hurrying along with unremitting velocity. The riders, inspired with the thoughts of applause and the hope of victory, clap spurs to their willing horses, brandish their whips, and cheer them with their cries." A part of Smithfield was known at this time by the name of the Elms, from a number of those... | |
 | Sports - 1847 - 72 pages
...once given, they strike, devour the course, hurrying along with unremitting velocity. The jockies, inspired with the thoughts of applause, and the hopes of victory, clap spurs to the willing horses, brandish their whips, and cheer them with their cries." Public courses were at... | |
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