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Page 58
... Stakes ; fifty - two sub- scribers , fifteen runners , and three placed ; won by Mr. Bowes's two years old Fly - by - Night , whose patronymic was relished as a " bon bout . " ... It was below the ordinary average of Triennial Stakes ...
... Stakes ; fifty - two sub- scribers , fifteen runners , and three placed ; won by Mr. Bowes's two years old Fly - by - Night , whose patronymic was relished as a " bon bout . " ... It was below the ordinary average of Triennial Stakes ...
Page 60
... Stakes not being filled , the second day's list was thus run out . Thursday , the special royal anniversary was not honoured by the presence of the Queen , Prince Albert , or any of the Court . In addition to this essential falling off ...
... Stakes not being filled , the second day's list was thus run out . Thursday , the special royal anniversary was not honoured by the presence of the Queen , Prince Albert , or any of the Court . In addition to this essential falling off ...
Page 61
... stakes . Weights : three - year - olds , 6st . 10lbs . ; four , 8st . 5lbs . ; five , 9st . ; six and aged , 9st . 3lbs .; mares and geldings allowed 3lbs . Course , start at the Cup post , and go once round ; distance about two miles ...
... stakes . Weights : three - year - olds , 6st . 10lbs . ; four , 8st . 5lbs . ; five , 9st . ; six and aged , 9st . 3lbs .; mares and geldings allowed 3lbs . Course , start at the Cup post , and go once round ; distance about two miles ...
Page 89
... Stakes of 10 sovs , each , & c . , T. Y. C .; Captain Harcourt's Dame Judith , 8st . 8lbs . , third , and the following not placed : -Mr . W. H. Brook's Vanessa , 8st . 4lbs .; Mr. Dawson's Rotherham , 8st 7lbs .; Mr. W. E. Hobson's ...
... Stakes of 10 sovs , each , & c . , T. Y. C .; Captain Harcourt's Dame Judith , 8st . 8lbs . , third , and the following not placed : -Mr . W. H. Brook's Vanessa , 8st . 4lbs .; Mr. Dawson's Rotherham , 8st 7lbs .; Mr. W. E. Hobson's ...
Page 109
Stakes - page 192. Both these he won . Then came our amateur savant to his third announcement in the index - page 398 - as winner of The Scurry Stakes at The Curragh April Meeting - having between April the 25th and July the 25th jumped ...
Stakes - page 192. Both these he won . Then came our amateur savant to his third announcement in the index - page 398 - as winner of The Scurry Stakes at The Curragh April Meeting - having between April the 25th and July the 25th jumped ...
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50 sovs added aged agst Aldcroft Alfred Day animal appeared Ashmall bad third Bay Colt Bay Middleton Bearpark beautiful betting Birdcatcher birds Chesnut Chifney Club course Derby distance Doncaster Duke extra Fandango favour favourite fillies 8st filly fish Flatman foal Fordham four friends gentleman Gérardmer gray mullet guineas half a length HANDICAP head honour Hopetown horse Hospodar hounds hunting jockey John Leger look Lord mare match meeting mile morning mountains mullet mullet fishing never Newmarket Osborne's Oulston owner paid 5 sovs Parr's Plate Priam Queen's Plate race Rataplan ridden ride Rifleman river round sailing Saucebox saved his stake season second and third shooting shot sire sovs sport sportsman stable subs subscribers Sweepstakes Thousand Guineas Stakes three years old two-year-olds winner paid yacht yards yearling young
Popular passages
Page 270 - But, look, the morn in russet mantle clad, Walks o'er the dew of yon high eastern hill.
Page 49 - Know ye the land of the cedar and vine, Where the flowers ever blossom, the beams ever shine ; Where the light wings of Zephyr, oppressed with perfume, Wax faint o'er the gardens of Gul in her bloom...
Page 403 - ... above or below the main wales, exclusive of all manner of doubling planks that may be wrought upon the sides of the ship ; then multiplying the length of the keel by the breadth so taken, and that product by half the breadth, and dividing the whole by ninetyfour, the quotient shall be deemed the true contents of the tonnage.
Page 191 - ... and steps that led to a room about six feet square, comfortably ceiled with plank, containing a small fire-place the flue of which was ingeniously conducted above ground and concealed by the straw. The inmates took the alarm and made their escape ; but Mr. Adams and his excellent dogs being put upon the trail, soon run down and secured one of them, which proved to be a negro fellow who had been out about a year.
Page 113 - Won by a length and a half, a neck between the second and third. — The winner was sold to Mr Percival for 130gs, and Mr Ramsay claimed Rosalind. A Hunters' Steeple Chase Plate of 50 sov.
Page 182 - Won by half a length, a length between the second and third, and a neck between the third and fourth.
Page 191 - A runaway's den was discovered on Sunday, near the Washington Spring, in a little patch of woods, where it had been for several months so artfully concealed under ground, that it was detected only by accident, though in sight of two or three houses, and near the road and fields where there has been constant daily passing. The entrance was concealed by a pile of pine straw, representing a...
Page 174 - Queen's Plate Course. — The horses start at the Charlton Down to the north-west of the Stand, run over to the east of the Clump, go...
Page 403 - ... the breadth, the remainder shall be esteemed the just length of the keel to find the tonnage ; and the breadth shall be taken from the outside of the outside plank in the broadest...
Page 403 - Ship, be it either above or below the Main Wales, exclusive of all manner of doubling Planks that may be wrought upon the Sides of the Ship; then multiplying the Length of the Keel by the Breadth so taken, and that Product by Half the Breadth, and dividing the whole by Ninety-four, the Quotient shall be deemed the true Contents of the Tonnage.