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8st 7lb Abdale aged agst bad fourth bad third Basham Bay Middleton beat Birdcatcher Butler canter Capt carr Charles XII Charlton Chesterfield colts 8st Colwick Cotherstone Curragh dead Derby Dockeray Don John dr First heat Emilius Epirus extra fillies 8st Flatman Fugleman Gladiator Gratwicke's Greville's half a length Handicap Harkaway heat won Hetman Hiett horse incl Lanercost Ld Clifden's Ld Eglinton's Ld Exeter's Ld Stanley's length between second Maid Malton Mann Marlow Marson Match Mickleton mile Miss neck Newmarket Oates once ro Osbaldeston Osborne Pantaloon Payne's ch Pettit Plate Provost Queen's Plate Richmond's Robinson Saddler second and third Selling Stakes Sharp Sir Hercules Slane sleeves subs Sweepstakes Tasker Team Valley Tearaway Templeman three year olds Thringarth Touchstone twice ro Velocipede Venison Wakefield Whitehouse winner to pay Wintringham Won by half won easily Won easy yr olds
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Page 5 - , 1 1 >. . fillies 8st. 41b. ; the owner of the second horse to receive a sum equal to 10 per cent...
Page 29 - ... some racing club of the country where the horse was foaled, or from the mayor or other public officer of the district, stating the age, pedigree, and colour of the horse, and the marks by which it is distinguished.
Page 12 - Clearwell stakes at Newmarket, the New stakes at Ascot, the Ham, Lavant, or Molecomb stakes at Goodwood, the Prince of Wales's stakes at York, the Champagne or 20 sovs.
Page 29 - ... must be mentioned, if known, unless the dam has a name which is to be found in the Stud-Book or Racing Calendar, in which case the name of the sire and dam will be sufficient. If the korse, &e. named or entered be own brother or sister to any horse, &c. having a name in the Stud- Book or Racing Calendar, it will be sufficient to name it as such.
Page 11 - LAYS OF THE DEER-FOREST. A Selection from the Original Poems of JOHN SOBIESKI STUART and CHARLES EDWARD STUART. With an Essay on Deer-stalking and Roe-Hunting, Notes of Remarkable Incidents in Forest Sports, Traditions of the Clans, and Notices of Natural History in the Deer-Forest.
Page 54 - Of any two of such races lOlb. extra; but this, in any case, to be the extreme penalty. The winner of the Somersetshire Stakes, Chester Cup, Ascot Stakes, Northumberland, Plate, Cumberland Plate Handicap, or Manchester Trades
Page 29 - In running of heats, if it cannot be decided which Horse is first, the heat goes for nothing, and they may all start again, except it be between two Horses that had each won a heat.
Page 29 - Jockies must ride their horses to the usual place for weighing the riders, and he that dismounts before, or wants weight, is distanced ; unless he be disabled by an accident which should render him incapable of riding back, in which case he may be led, or carried to the scale. 16. Horses' plates or shoes not allowed in the weight.
Page 50 - Stakes of 25 sov. each, for then three yrs old colts, fist 716, and fillies, 8st 2lli ; the owner of the second horse to receive 100 sov. out of the stakes. The winner to pay 100 sov.
Page 12 - THE HORSE'S MOUTH, Showing the AGE by the TEETH. Containing A full description of the periods when the Teeth are cut ; The appearances they present ; The tricks to which they are exposed ; The eccentricities to which they are liable ; And The Diseases to which they are subject. By...