The Sporting review, ed. by 'Craven'., Volume 27John William Carleton 1852 |
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... head and tail , and over - worked fetlocks , fit to carry a light boy to a pack of harriers : and 4th - is the President , the only hunter in the whole of the team ; with a strong suspicion about his wind , and a very mild - looking off ...
... head and tail , and over - worked fetlocks , fit to carry a light boy to a pack of harriers : and 4th - is the President , the only hunter in the whole of the team ; with a strong suspicion about his wind , and a very mild - looking off ...
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... head of the 706 winning nags , with 14 races , which is 3 less than last year . This remarkable horse has thus started for 61 races within eighteen months , and won 31 of them . Copper - bottomed as he is , his owner seems often to ...
... head of the 706 winning nags , with 14 races , which is 3 less than last year . This remarkable horse has thus started for 61 races within eighteen months , and won 31 of them . Copper - bottomed as he is , his owner seems often to ...
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... head , and an ominous " floreat scientia , " which , on being opened , corroborated with its short and pithy contents my surmises as to its authorship . I give it verbatim , as a despatch concise , peremptory , and to the point ...
... head , and an ominous " floreat scientia , " which , on being opened , corroborated with its short and pithy contents my surmises as to its authorship . I give it verbatim , as a despatch concise , peremptory , and to the point ...
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... head , and her tail tucked close into her quarters , as if she was only waiting for a dirty place to kick till she got rid of her burthen - a consummation which her absence of " mouth " made me sensible she was quite capable of ...
... head , and her tail tucked close into her quarters , as if she was only waiting for a dirty place to kick till she got rid of her burthen - a consummation which her absence of " mouth " made me sensible she was quite capable of ...
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... head ; whilst a trainer , a groom , and a boy are vainly endea- vouring to saddle the refractory brute . That horse is Saraband ; and on that saddle am I destined to embark ! Topthorne's conversation seems to flow on , in an unconnected ...
... head ; whilst a trainer , a groom , and a boy are vainly endea- vouring to saddle the refractory brute . That horse is Saraband ; and on that saddle am I destined to embark ! Topthorne's conversation seems to flow on , in an unconnected ...
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Page 389 - When first the Rhodian's mimic art arrayed The queen of Beauty in her Cyprian shade, The happy master mingled on his piece Each look that charmed him in the fair of Greece. To faultless Nature true, he stole a grace From every finer form and sweeter face ; And as he sojourned on the JEgean isles, Wooed all their love, and treasured all their smiles...
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Page 161 - Power of the jockeys to draw up in a line as far behind the Starting-post as he may think necessary, and any jockey disobeying the orders of the starter, or taking any unfair advantage, shall be punished by fine or suspension, according to the nature and degree of his offence, at the discretion of the Stewards.
Page 118 - The sportsman, however, charging this at nearly full speed, succeeds in getting to the other side, when the bushes close after him and his horse, and there is no more appearance of their transit than if a bird had hopped through.
Page 175 - Among these was Mollyeon, who volunteered to help ; and being a very swift and active fellow, he rendered me important service by holding my fidgety horse's head while I fired and loaded. I then fired six broadsides from the saddle, the elephant charging almost every time, and pursuing us back to the main body in our rear, who fled in all directions as he approached. The sun had now sunk behind the tops of the trees : it would very soon be dark, and the elephant did not seem much distressed, notwithstanding...
Page 174 - My elephant kept crashing along at a steady pace with blood streaming from his wounds ; the dogs which were knocked up with fatigue and thirst no longer barked around him, but had dropped astern. It was long before I again fired, for I was afraid to dismount, and " Sunday " was extremely troublesome. At length I fired sharp right and left from the saddle : he got both balls behind the shoulder and made a long charge after me, rumbling and trumpeting as before. The whole body of the Bamangwato men...
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