The Sporting review, ed. by 'Craven'., Volume 27John William Carleton 1852 |
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... seem half alive at the sight of the dogs . Sewell Wood : prime place -- stopped there nearly all day . If they want to kill a fox why don't they shoot him ? -could have killed him ever so many times : drove him back every time he showed ...
... seem half alive at the sight of the dogs . Sewell Wood : prime place -- stopped there nearly all day . If they want to kill a fox why don't they shoot him ? -could have killed him ever so many times : drove him back every time he showed ...
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... seems very remarkable that only three - eighths or so of those foals should have their manes plaited as two - year ... seem to be tiring of such an expensive sport , and Captain Rous has therefore very few with whom he may bring his ...
... seems very remarkable that only three - eighths or so of those foals should have their manes plaited as two - year ... seem to be tiring of such an expensive sport , and Captain Rous has therefore very few with whom he may bring his ...
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... seems to have been a very false test of the real merits of the two . That the latter is a good " miler " we can readily believe ; but if Teddington had been in the same springy order as he was at Epsom , he would never have had to taste ...
... seems to have been a very false test of the real merits of the two . That the latter is a good " miler " we can readily believe ; but if Teddington had been in the same springy order as he was at Epsom , he would never have had to taste ...
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... seems to have hit upon the latter to a nicety . Lord Eglinton , for instance , hits the happy medium ; and the consequence is that the victory of the tartan is always hailed with the most unqualified delight both by " the ring " and ...
... seems to have hit upon the latter to a nicety . Lord Eglinton , for instance , hits the happy medium ; and the consequence is that the victory of the tartan is always hailed with the most unqualified delight both by " the ring " and ...
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... seems often to overtax him without rhyme or reason , as he pulled him out once against Elthiron , once against Little Fawn ( at a 38lbs . disadvantage ) , and three times against Miss Ann at the Caledonian Hunt ( the last of these races ...
... seems often to overtax him without rhyme or reason , as he pulled him out once against Elthiron , once against Little Fawn ( at a 38lbs . disadvantage ) , and three times against Miss Ann at the Caledonian Hunt ( the last of these races ...
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Page 448 - Let the great gods, That keep this dreadful pother o'er our heads, Find out their enemies now.
Page 168 - No, Sir, claret is the liquor for boys ; port for men ; but he who aspires to be a hero (smiling) must drink brandy.
Page 391 - 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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