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Page 123
... hurdles in the same enclosure . I was now going in front of the whole rank , and within visible , though respectful , distance of the pioneers . The latter were going faster and faster every stride , with little chance of being ...
... hurdles in the same enclosure . I was now going in front of the whole rank , and within visible , though respectful , distance of the pioneers . The latter were going faster and faster every stride , with little chance of being ...
Page 160
... hurdle - race , the former being over a very severe three - mile course , with no less thirty - six jumps in it . The time of each race , indeed of each quarter of a mile of an important race , is carefully recorded ; for , unlike ...
... hurdle - race , the former being over a very severe three - mile course , with no less thirty - six jumps in it . The time of each race , indeed of each quarter of a mile of an important race , is carefully recorded ; for , unlike ...
Page 201
... hurdles that separated the two sets , while the hunters were ridden before them , as they could have seen them ... hurdle - racing than hunting , and like Broomielaw , wants a dose of cod - liver P 2 THE HORSE SHOWS . 201.
... hurdles that separated the two sets , while the hunters were ridden before them , as they could have seen them ... hurdle - racing than hunting , and like Broomielaw , wants a dose of cod - liver P 2 THE HORSE SHOWS . 201.
Page 206
... hurdle racer , about whom there was such a row , was one of many , we recollect , with much worse hocks than Stampedo , that could go through dirt like a Ransome or a Howard , as could that wiry gelding British Yeoman , that Jem Mason ...
... hurdle racer , about whom there was such a row , was one of many , we recollect , with much worse hocks than Stampedo , that could go through dirt like a Ransome or a Howard , as could that wiry gelding British Yeoman , that Jem Mason ...
Page 389
... hurdle jumper , and won a couple of events , apparently relishing the jumping business far more than running three miles against Boulogne at Goodwood , which was the last engagement we saw him fulfil . The fine staying powers of Musket ...
... hurdle jumper , and won a couple of events , apparently relishing the jumping business far more than running three miles against Boulogne at Goodwood , which was the last engagement we saw him fulfil . The fine staying powers of Musket ...
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