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... blood 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 ...
... blood 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 ...
Pagina 5
... blood for New- minster in the Ascot Trial Stakes , where Northampton had ill - luck with his stirrup - iron . After the Ascot Derby , the Newmarket men de- clared more and more that Mentmore should have come through with the cripple in ...
... blood for New- minster in the Ascot Trial Stakes , where Northampton had ill - luck with his stirrup - iron . After the Ascot Derby , the Newmarket men de- clared more and more that Mentmore should have come through with the cripple in ...
Pagina 6
... blood to the fore , and the latter was run well home by a Newminster colt ; Happy Land , even in half a mile , being regularly smashed up from the start . The card seemed so dull on the Thursday , that we felt that we would gladly have ...
... blood to the fore , and the latter was run well home by a Newminster colt ; Happy Land , even in half a mile , being regularly smashed up from the start . The card seemed so dull on the Thursday , that we felt that we would gladly have ...
Pagina 7
... blood in the kingdom in its hands - in fact , the only good scion of old Bees- wing which fate and the foreigners have left us - we should be very glad to hear of them getting rid of The Dutchman , and trusting to their own horse . Our ...
... blood in the kingdom in its hands - in fact , the only good scion of old Bees- wing which fate and the foreigners have left us - we should be very glad to hear of them getting rid of The Dutchman , and trusting to their own horse . Our ...
Pagina 39
... blood be spilt . The sight of a dagger would terrify Sir Reginald . But you need not fear . That voice and gesture are alone sufficient ; and already I feel my heart much lighter than for many a day ; well knowing , as I do , the ...
... blood be spilt . The sight of a dagger would terrify Sir Reginald . But you need not fear . That voice and gesture are alone sufficient ; and already I feel my heart much lighter than for many a day ; well knowing , as I do , the ...
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The Sporting magazine; or Monthly calendar of the transactions of the turf ... Volledige weergave - 1840 |
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Pagina 60 - ... 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.
Pagina 212 - REMEMBER the glories of Brien the brave, Tho' the days of the hero are o'er ; Tho' lost to Mononia-)- and cold in the grave, He returns to KinkoraJ no more.
Pagina 192 - 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.
Pagina 188 - And thou oppos'd, being of no woman born, Yet I will try the last. Before my body I throw my warlike shield : lay on, Macduff ; And damn'd be him that first cries,
Pagina 283 - 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.
Pagina 69 - Mine honest friend," replied Diana, "do not, if you will be guided by my advice, bait your hook with too much humility; for, ten to one, it will not catch a single compliment. You know I belong to the unpopular family of Tell-truths, and would not flatter Apollo for his lyre.
Pagina 120 - 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.
Pagina 280 - 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...
Pagina 15 - ... of her rider, and will answer to the stimulus of the voice, whip, or spur. A craven or a rogue is not to be thought of as the " mother of a family ; " and if a mare belongs to a breed which is remarkable for refusing to answer the call of the rider, she should...
Pagina 125 - One of the ablest ministers in London was a blacksmith in Dundee, and another was a watchmaker in Banff. The late Dr. Milne, of China, was a herd-boy in Rhyne. The principal of the London Missionary Society's College at Hong-Kong was a saddler in Huntly, and one of the best missionaries that ever went to China was a tailor in Keith. The leading machinist on the London and Birmingham railway, with .£700 per annum, was a mechanic in Glasgow.